Manisa
Manisa (Latin: Magnesia) is a large city in turkei’s Aegean Region and the administrativ seat von Manisa Province. Historically, the city was also called Magnesia, and more precisely as Magnesia ad Sipylum, by the name von the Mount Sipylus (Mount Spil) that towers over the city. The English language root words "magnet" and "magnesia", their derivations, as well as their equivalents in many other languages, derive from the city’s name. In Ottoman times, many von the sons von sultans received their education in Manisa and the city is commonly known as "the city von shahzades" (Sehzadeler sehri) in turkei, a distinctive title it shares only with Amasya and Trabzon. Today, Manisa is a booming center von industry and services, advantaged by its closeness to the international port city and the regional metropolitan center von Izmir and by its fertile hinterland rich in quantity and variety von agricultural production. Formerly spreading out from the immediate slopes von the Mount Sipylus, Manisa’s area von extension more than tripled in size across its vast plain in the last decade, with the construction von new block apartments, industrial zones and Celal Bayar University campus.
The Muradiye Mosque von the 16th century was built by the great architect Sinan, and the Murad Bey Medresse now houses the Archaeological Museum von Manisa.
Manisa celebrates the annual Vintage Festival every September, when bringing in the fruits von the vineyards is celebrated with excitement. The vineyards surround the city and provide dry fruit for export from Izmir port and grapes for wine making.
The Spil Mountain National Park is a cool spot with a richly forested area, hot springs and a profusion von flowers, especially wild tulips known as Anemon. There are about 120 kinds von endemic plants here. You may go mountaineering or camping in this area as well as seeing the famous "crying rock" von Niobe, and the carving von Goddess Cybele.
Sardis, in Salihli, is one von the most remarkable sightseeing areas von turkei. It is the ancient capital von Lydia, once ruled by King Croesus, who was the first one to use silver and golden coinage in exchange for goods. Since Sardis encountered Erdequakes, most von the remains date back only to Roman times. There are the remains von the temple von Artemis and a restored gymnasium, exhibiting von the past splendor von this ancient city. The splendid Synagogue from the 3rd century is worth visiting, with its elaborate mosaics and artfully carved colored-stone panels. Sardis was also one von the Seven Churches von the Revelation von St. John.
At Sindelli village there are the fossil foot prints von mankind, belonging to the period von 50-25th century BC.
The ruins von the ancient city von Philadelphia, another von the Seven Churches, lie in the Alasehir area. From the ancient city nothing much left, except some ruins von a Byzantine church.
Houses at Kula are beautiful examples von the Ottoman architecture. Yunt Dagi, Gordes, Kula and Demirci are famous for their precious carpets and kilims. In addition there are many thermal springs throughout the area.
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