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Area: 6.001 km² , Population: 887.765
GENERAL INFORMATION
Ordu is the most suitable city of east black sea region by the means of sea tourism. City has sufficient potential for neighbor cities tourism demands by either existing beaches or settlement places interior from shore. Beaches around the Ordu city formed a capacity due to occupy summer demands and occupy daily tourism activities.
HOW TO GET
Arrival occupied by road way.
DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT
- Visiting Paşaoğlu mansion and Ethnography Museum,
- Seeing Çambaşı, Keyfalan and Perşembe plateaus and Boztepe hill,
- Eating fish and pitta bread,
- Buying hazelnut and hazelnut products, walking stick, pinked hand - painted kerchief and paintings made by burning.
ORDU PASAOGLU MANSION ETNOGRAPHY MUSEUM
Ordu museum is located at the provincial center in Selimiye neighbourhood on Taşocak Street. The building which is known as the "Paşaoğlu Konağı" (Paşaoğlu Mansion) is a first class example of civic architecture. It was built by Paşaoğlu Hüseyin Efendi, one of the rich notables of Ordu, in 1896.
The building covers an area of 625 m² together with its garden. The stones of the mansion were brought from Ünye, its wood and tiles from Romania and craftsmen from İstanbul were engaged in its construction.
The mansion (konak) which is one of the most beautiful examples of our 19th century civic architecture is a three storey bulding including the ground floor.
The ground floor is arranged as the administative offices, the first floor as the section of ethnographic materials and the second floor to reflect the characteristics mansion life.
Paşaoğlu mansion was expropriated in 1982 by the General Directorate of Historical Works and Museums of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and its restoration started in 1983. It was inaugurated as Paşaoğlu Konağı and Ethnography Museum on 18 November 1987 when the restoration and display arrangements were completed.
With the restoration of Paşaoğlu mansion and and by opening it to public as a museum another one of the rare examples of civic architecture of the Black Sea region that survived from the last century to our times has been saved for the coming generations.
ATIK IBRAHIM PASA MOSQUE
As the mosque is located in the center of the city, the mosque is named as the Central Mosque by the local folk and was constructed by the Atik İbrahim Paşa in the year 1080. The first niche of the mosque was constructed in the style of Seljukian Architecture and had stayed at the mosque for long years but however, the niche was removed in 1340 and placed to the Selimiye Mosque. At the same time period, the richly adorned niche constructed with the empiric period architecture from the soft stones had been installed instead of the mentioned niche. The mosque has a single minaret with double minaret balconies.
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