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Things to do in Mardin
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Sightlore has 17 places to explore in Mardin, and 17 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Mardin's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Mardin Museum
Mardin Museum is a museum in Mardin, Turkey
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Mor Gabriel Monastery
The Monastery of Saint Gabriel, also known as Monastery of Qartmin, Deir el-ʿUmr, Deyrulumur, and in Turkish, Mor Gabriel Manastırı, is a Syriac Orthodox monastery located near Midyat in the Tur Abdin region of southeastern Turkey.
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Mor Hananyo Monastery
The Mor Hananyo Monastery, also called Monastery of Saint Ananias, Deyrulzafaran or Dayro d-Kurkmo, and in Turkish, Deyrulzafaran Manastırı, commonly known in English as the Saffron Monastery, is one of the most renowned monasteries of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
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Midyat Underground City (Matiate)
The Midyat Underground City, ancient Matiate, was discovered in 2020 during restoration work in Midyat. Its galleries, rooms and water cisterns are about 1,900 years old and are counted among the largest underground cities known.
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Kasımiye Medrese
The Kasımiye Medrese or Kasim Pasha Medrese is a former madrasa in Mardin, Turkey.
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Kırklar Church
Kırklar Church (the Forty Martyrs), originally Mor Behnam, is a Syriac church built in Mardin in 569. It took its present name in the 12th century when the original Forty Martyrs church became a mosque.
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Midyat Old Town
Midyat, the centre of the Tur Abdin region, is a meeting point of religions and languages. Its old town is famous for carved stone mansions, Syriac churches and filigree silverwork.
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Great Mosque of Mardin
The Great Mosque of Mardin is an Artuqid-era mosque in the centre of the old city, built of cut stone. Its minaret and ribbed dome are landmarks of the Mardin skyline.
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Mardin Zinciriye Medresesi
The Sultan Isa Medrese or Sultan 'Isa Madrasa, also known as the Zinciriye Medrese or Isa Bey Medresesi, is a historic landmark and former madrasa in Mardin, Turkey.
Discovery routes in Mardin
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Old Mardin
A walk through the stone city overlooking Mesopotamia: Mardin Museum, the Great Mosque, the Forty Martyrs Church and the Zinciriye and Kasımiye madrasas.
Monasteries of Tur Abdin
By car: Deyrulzafaran Monastery, Midyat's stone mansions and underground city, then Mor Gabriel, one of the oldest surviving Christian monasteries in the world.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Mardin Zinciriye Medresesi
The Sultan Isa Medrese or Sultan 'Isa Madrasa, also known as the Zinciriye Medrese or Isa Bey Medresesi, is a historic landmark and former madrasa in Mardin, Turkey.
Kasımiye Medrese
The Kasımiye Medrese or Kasim Pasha Medrese is a former madrasa in Mardin, Turkey.
Midyat Old Town
Midyat, the centre of the Tur Abdin region, is a meeting point of religions and languages. Its old town is famous for carved stone mansions, Syriac churches and filigree silverwork.
Midyat Underground City (Matiate)
The Midyat Underground City, ancient Matiate, was discovered in 2020 during restoration work in Midyat. Its galleries, rooms and water cisterns are about 1,900 years old and are counted among the largest underground cities known.
Boncuklu Tarla
Boncuklu Tarla (meaning "beaded field", in Turkish) is an archaeological site in Mardin, Turkey. It is the remains of a settlement occupied from the Late Epipalaeolithic to Pre-Pottery Neolithic B periods, starting around 9000 BC.
Dara
Dara or Daras was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia on the border with the Sassanid Empire.
Mardin Castle
Mardin Castle, known as the 'Eagle's Nest', crowns the hill on which the old city is built. It was a military zone for many years and closed to visitors, so check the current access status before going.
Museums
Mardin Museum
Mardin Museum is a museum in Mardin, Turkey
Places of worship
Great Mosque of Mardin
The Great Mosque of Mardin is an Artuqid-era mosque in the centre of the old city, built of cut stone. Its minaret and ribbed dome are landmarks of the Mardin skyline.
Kırklar Church
Kırklar Church (the Forty Martyrs), originally Mor Behnam, is a Syriac church built in Mardin in 569. It took its present name in the 12th century when the original Forty Martyrs church became a mosque.
Mor Hananyo Monastery
The Mor Hananyo Monastery, also called Monastery of Saint Ananias, Deyrulzafaran or Dayro d-Kurkmo, and in Turkish, Deyrulzafaran Manastırı, commonly known in English as the Saffron Monastery, is one of the most renowned monasteries of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
Mor Gabriel Monastery
The Monastery of Saint Gabriel, also known as Monastery of Qartmin, Deir el-ʿUmr, Deyrulumur, and in Turkish, Mor Gabriel Manastırı, is a Syriac Orthodox monastery located near Midyat in the Tur Abdin region of southeastern Turkey.
St. Mary Church
St. Mary Church is a Syriac Orthodox church located in the Midyat district of Mardin province, Turkey. Situated in the Syriac-inhabited village of Anıtlı, it was built in the 8th century and dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus.
Mor Hobil and Mor Abrohom Monastery
The Monastery of Mor Hobil and Mor Abrohom in Midyat was founded in the 5th century by two monks trained at Mor Gabriel Monastery.
Mor Azozoel Church
Mor Azozoel Church, in the Syriac village of Altıntaş near Midyat, dates from the 8th century and is dedicated to St Pancras, whom Syriacs call Mor Azozoel.
Saint Jacob of Nisibis church
Mar Yakov Church or Mor Yakup Church, also known as the Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis, is a historic church in Nusaybin, southeastern Turkey.
Mor Yakup Monastery
Mor Yakup Monastery is a Syriac Orthodox monastery located in the Midyat district of Mardin province, Turkey.
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