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District guide · Manisa

Şehzadeler

A photograph of Şehzadeler
Photograph · Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0

Şehzadeler is the historic half of Manisa, on the lower slopes of Mount Spil. The Sultan Mosque, the Muradiye and the archaeological museum stand within a few hundred metres of each other here, and the bazaar streets run downhill from them. It is the district a visitor walks.

Practical information
Language spoken
Turkish
English is understood in tourist districts and rarely outside them
Dialling code
+90 236
Manisa landlines; drop the leading 0 of 0236 when calling from abroad
Currency
Turkish lira (₺, TRY)
Cards accepted almost everywhere; markets prefer cash
Emergency number
112
One number for ambulance, fire and police
Plug type
Type C and F · 230 V
Standard European two-pin
Tap water
Not recorded
No verified national source in the dataset

Planning a visit

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Top things to see

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Category

Historic monuments 12 Museums 1 Places of worship 21 Nature sites 12 Viewpoints 2 Food and drink 15 Markets and shopping 2 Entertainment 0 Nightlife 0 Family attractions 0 Art and culture 3 Activities 0

Typical visit duration

Up to 1 hour 21

Interests

History 21 Art 21 Museums 0 Nature 0 Sea and beach 0 Viewpoints 0
  1. Grand Mosque of Manisa
    01 30 min

    Grand Mosque of Manisa

    The Ulu Camii is the oldest important mosque in Manisa and the one that predates the Ottomans here.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  2. Hatuniye Mosque
    02 20 min

    Hatuniye Mosque

    The Hatuniye Camii was built in 1490–91 by Şehzade Şehinşah, a son of Bayezid II, in honour of his mother Hüsnüşah Hatun.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  3. Muradiye Mosque
    03 45 min

    Muradiye Mosque

    The Muradiye is the mosque Mimar Sinan designed for Manisa, built between 1583 and 1586 for Sultan Murad III. It replaced a smaller mosque begun on the site in 1571 and is the finest Ottoman building in the city.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  4. Çeşnigir Mosque
    04 20 min

    Çeşnigir Mosque

    The Çeşnigir Camii of 1474 is one of the oldest mosques in Manisa, built by Çeşnigir Sinan Bey — a man who had been enslaved and was freed by Mehmed II, the sultan who took Constantinople.

    • High
    • Place of worship
  5. Kırtık Cemetery
    05 20 min

    Kırtık Cemetery

    Kırtık Mezarlığı is the largest cemetery in Manisa, a Muslim civil burial ground of 333,000 m² in Şehzadeler, still in use. It is also known as Kırtık Asri Mezarlığı or the Manisa Municipality Asri Cemetery.

    • High
    • Place of worship

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·

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