Ahmed Adnan Saygun Sanat Merkezi

İzmir


Operated by the municipality, this arts centre is the main venue for the International İzmir Festival.


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1. Bet Israel

2.19 MILES

The city’s largest synagogue was built in 1907 and is the largest still-operating Jewish house of worship in the city.

2. Asansör

2.26 MILES

This elevator in the Karataş neighbouhood south of Konak was built in 1907 as a work of public service by wealthy Jewish banker and trader, Nesim Levi…

3. Archaeology Museum

2.9 MILES

The city's Archaeology Museum has some gems in its collection, including a late-Hellenistic-period bronze statue of a runner found in the Aegean Sea near…

4. Ethnography Museum

2.92 MILES

Housed in a splendid stone building that once functioned as a hospital, this museum showcases the arts, crafts and customs of İzmir. Dioramas, displays,…

5. Konak Meydanı

3.05 MILES

On a pedestrianised stretch of Cumhuriyet Bulvarı, this wide plaza, named after the prominent Ottoman-era Government House, built in 1872, to the east,…

6. Konak Clock Tower

3.08 MILES

One of the city's major landmarks, this Moorish-style clock tower with four fountains was designed by the Levantine French architect Raymond Charles Père…

7. Government House

3.09 MILES

Built between 1868 and 1872, the governor's office on Konak Sq is one of the city's major landmarks.

8. Yalı Mosque

3.12 MILES

On the northern edge of Konak Meydanı, this petite octagonal mosque with its slender minaret was built in the 18th century and features pretty coloured…