Eflatun Pinar: The Hittite Spring Sanctuary
Eflatun Pinar: The Hittite Spring Sanctuary is part of the Tentative list of Turkey in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
Eflatun Pinar comprises a relief covered wall that represents a major water cult site of the Hittites. The monument showing the Hittite Pantheon is over 3,000 years old. Manipulation of spring water was incorporated into the concept.
Map of Eflatun Pinar: The Hittite Spring Sanctuary
Load mapThe coordinates shown for all tentative sites were produced as a community effort. They are not official and may change on inscription.
Community Reviews
Zoë Sheng
Chinese-Canadian - 07-Feb-22 -
Lovely little pond made by the Hittites 3,000 years ago. I suppose it shows that they were smart to build it and use spring water to make a... fountain of sorts, if not for all the plants it would be a nice swimming pool. You can walk around the entire thing in 2 minutes, and all there is to see is the triple statue and the rock wall, as nice as it is considered the age I think a Hittite serial nomination makes more sense.
Site Info
- Full Name
- Eflatun Pinar: The Hittite Spring Sanctuary
- Country
- Turkey
- Added
- 2014
- Type
- Cultural
- Categories
- Archaeological site - Near Eastern
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- By ID
Site History
2014 Added to Tentative List
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