SUSUZHAN MUHTEŞEM KERVANSARAY - SUSUZKÖY

Join this channel to support the channel:    / @hasanada   [email protected] Susuz Han - Burdur Susuz Han is located in the village of Susuz, on the Antalya-Burdur road, 10 kilometers from the Bucak district. It was built during the reign of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Gıyaseddin Keyhusrev II (1237-1246). Only the indoor section of Susuz Han has survived to the present day. Traces of walls and vaults on the west facade, where the crown gate is located, indicate that it had a courtyard on the western side. The indoor section of the Han was planned as a structure with a central nave running east-west and five aisles running perpendicular to this aisle. At the center of the building, a dome sits atop the vault of the central nave. The main walls of the building are supported by round and polygonal buttresses. In 2008, a joint excavation was conducted by the Burdur Museum Directorate and Ege University in the area west of the covered section where the courtyard was supposed to be located. This short-term excavation, conducted to uncover data on the open courtyard structure, yielded ceramic fragments from various periods, Byzantine-era ceramic vessel fragments, pipes dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, spindle whorls from the Roman-Byzantine period, and copper coins dating to the reigns of Gıyaseddin Keyhusrev II (1237-1246), Izzettin Keykavus II, and Gıyaseddin Keyhusrev III. Furthermore, silver coins belonging to three Ottoman sultans found during the excavations indicate that the structure was used after the Seljuk period. The discovery of numerous metal objects such as horseshoes, horseshoe nails, hammered nails, rings, and chains during the excavations is important evidence because they are closely related to the structure's function. Source: https://www.kulturportali.gov.tr/turk...