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Iconium (Konya)

UNESCO Tentative ListSeljukin Konya

Iconium of Saint Paul’s journeys, then the capital of the Seljuk sultans of Rum. The Alaeddin Mosque, the Karatay and İnce Minaret madrasas and the tomb of Rumi are all in the city centre.

Plan the visitIts place in history

Plan your visit

Time to allow
About a full day

For a first visit at an easy pace.

Stay in
Konya

The place is in town.

On a trip
Cappadocia and the Konya plain

Day 3 of 3.

Hours and tickets
Check before you go

Opening hours and prices change: see muze.gov.tr (opens in a new tab).

Times are our estimates. Distances are straight lines.

Its place in history

Read the chapter before you go.

1071–1922Seljuk and OttomanAfter the battle of Manzikert in 1071 the Seljuks settled Anatolia and made Konya their capital, with caravanserais along the trade roads.

Where its treasures are now

In Türkiye

Sidamara Sarcophagus

3rd century AD. A 32-tonne columnar sarcophagus from Ambar (Konya), with the deceased couple reclining on the lid.

Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul
In Türkiye

Seljuk carpets from the Alaeddin Mosque

13th century. Found in Konya's Alaeddin Mosque in 1905; among the oldest surviving Turkish knotted carpets.

Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul

From here

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    Höyük (mound settlement), Neolithic–Chalcolithic (c. 7100–5700 BC)

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    Konya Archaeology Museum

    Herakles sarcophagus, Çatalhöyük finds

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