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Kayseri

Turkey

Watercolour of Kayseri, Turkey. Nestled on the high Anatolian plateau under the colossal snow-capped volcano Mount Erciyes, centered around the black volcanic stone Kayseri Castle and Hunat Hatun Complex, with Kayseri Castle and Hunat Hatun Complex.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Kayseri Castle; Hunat Hatun Complex; Döner Kümbet; Mount Erciyes; Gevher Nesibe Medical Madrasa; Anatolian; lush Central Anatolian oasis and foothill flora; Hittite and Assyrian
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the central park or historic square toward the black basalt walls of Kayseri Castle and the conical roof of a Seljuk kümbet with the monumental snowy pyramid of Mount Erciyes soaring in the background, showing poplar leaves and stone pavers in the foreground, the Seljuk stone monuments in the middle-ground, and the volcanic peak rising dramatically into the sky.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick poplars and fruit orchards of the foothills, park gardens around the castle, and willow groves.
Guarded against
Not Konya, Ankara, or Sivas
Population1,452,458Wikidata: 1,389,680
Coordinates38.73°N, 35.49°E
Elevation1,050 m
Time zoneEurope/IstanbulUTC+3
Solar noon12:38clock runs 0.6 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Kayseri and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Mataura, French Polynesia — 1,774 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

AdanaTR194 km
GaziantepTR249 km
AnkaraTR263 km
KonyaTR280 km
AleppoSY318 km
DiyarbakırTR423 km
NicosiaCY439 km
AntalyaTR467 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Kayseri inside this atlas.

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