Regional sacred-site guide
Sacred sites in Çorum
Explore 5 sacred places in Çorum, Turkey, with a regional map and links to detailed site guides.
Traditions in Çorum
Site types in Çorum
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Alacahöyük
Çorum, Turkey
Alacahöyük holds the earliest expression of Anatolian sacred kingship: royal tombs from 2500 BCE packed with bronze sun disks and bull standards, later crowned by a...
Hattusha
Çorum, Turkey
Hattusha was the capital of the Hittite Empire, a Bronze Age superpower that rivaled Egypt and Babylon and signed the world's oldest surviving peace treaty....
Hattusha Lion Gate
Part of Hattusha
Çorum, Turkey
The Lion Gate of Hattusa stands at the high southwestern point of a six-kilometre fortification wall surrounding what was once the Bronze Age world's largest capital — the...
Šapinuwa
Çorum, Turkey
Šapinuwa was a royal Hittite city that may have briefly displaced the capital Hattusa itself, and its archive of 3,000-plus tablets—written in Hittite, Hurrian, Akkadian,...
Yazılıkaya
Çorum, Turkey
Yazılıkaya is the largest known open-air Hittite sanctuary, located 2 km northeast of Hattusha in central Turkey....
Key questions
Çorum sacred-site questions
- How many sacred sites are listed in Çorum?
- This regional guide currently includes 5 sacred sites in Çorum, Turkey.
- Which traditions are represented in Çorum?
- The most represented traditions in the current guide include Ancient.
- Can I view Çorum sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Switch to map view to compare the listed places, then open a site page for coordinates and visiting context.