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Municipality in Sivas, Turkey
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Divriği is an iron-mining town in the mountainous northeast of Central Anatolia. In 2022 its population was 10,623 and stable, while the countryside around has become depopulated. The reason to visit is the Great Mosque and the adjoining medieval hospital (Darüşşifa), a for their superb carvings and architecture.
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Divriği Ulu Cami ve Darüşşifası
The UNESCO-listed primary attraction of the town is an outstanding example of Seljuk-era architecture. The magnificent portals, in a style often dubbed "early Turkish Baroque", are a real masterpiece of stonework; the chief architect Hürrem Şah invited master artisans from as far away as Delhi for their creation. An incredible fact is the ornaments – thousands of unique individual figures – were chipped on-site out of the stone blocks constituting the walls, as would be done for a huge and extremely detailed sculpture.
Divriği Kalesi
The citadel might have its origins in the Urartians, an Iron Age civilization founded a state around the 9th century BCE in Van to the east, but the present layout is Seljuk-era. It's on the top of an outcrop where you have a great view on the city. As of 2022, the citadel is being restored and rebuilt, but you can still go in.
Hotel run by the town council, cleaning erratic.
Clean comfy hotel near the railway station.
This is 3 km north beyond the sports stadium. Usually clean, limited facilities.
By bus
A bus runs nightly from Istanbul (16 hr) via Ankara (8 hr) and Sivas to Divriği, arriving around 08:00 and returning west at 10:30. In 2022 the fare is 600 TL from Istanbul and 400 TL from Ankara.
By train
Doğu Express leaves Ankara daily towards 18:00 and runs overnight via Kayseri and Sivas to Divriği, arriving towards 08:00.
By car
Divriği is just off the D260. From Sivas (172 km), take the D850 south to join the D260 near Kangal. From Malatya (192 km), follow the D875 north and branch off on the D260 near Arapgir.
Most sites and amenities are within walking distance of the town centre.
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