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Why visit Vezirköprü
Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks and 2 parks and trails in and around town.
Highlights include Taşhan.
Weather in Vezirköprü
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About Vezirköprü
Vezirköprü is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,674 km2, and its population is 90,308 (2022). It is named after the Ottoman Albanian grand vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha.
From the Wikipedia article Vezirköprü (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks3
Parks, trails and playgrounds2
Churches and places of worship4
Shopping2
History
At the breakup of Alexander the Great's empire the Vezirköprü region became part of the kingdom of Pontus with its capital at Amaseia (Amasya), later at Sinope (Sinop). When the last king Mithradates VI was defeated by the Romans, Pompey the Great founded a "new city", Neapolis (Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις), which later changed its name to Neoklaudioupolis (Νεοκλαυδιούπολις) or Neoclaudiopolis in Latin, the forerunner of modern Vezirköprü. In late antiquity, the town returned to its original name, Andrapa (Ἄνδραπα), and became a bishopric. It also minted coins bearing the dates and effigies of Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, and Caracalla.
Its bishop Paralius was at the Council of Ephesus (431) and sent his deacon Eucharius to represent him at the Council of Chalcedon (451). Paulus was one of the signatories of the letter by which the bishops of the Roman province of Helenopontus, to which Andrapa belonged, protested to Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian in 458 about the killing of Proterius of Alexandria. Ioannes was at the Third Council of Constantinople (680), Sergius at the Trullan Council (692). Theodorus was represented at the Second Council of Nicaea (787) by his deacon Marinus. Antonius took part in the Photian Council of Constantinople (879).
No longer a residential bishopric, Andrapa is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
From the History section of Vezirköprü on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schools, colleges and libraries6
Healthcare23
Map of Vezirköprü
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Getting there and nearby towns
Amasya Merzifon Airport (MZH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 34 km away.
- Tepeören 2 km east, about 2 min by car
- Adatepe 4 km north, about 4 min by car
- Karkucak 4 km south, about 4 min by car
- Akören 5 km north, about 5 min by car
- Yağınözü 6 km northwest, about 6 min by car
- Merzifon 30 km south, about 30 min by car
- Gümüşhacıköy 36 km southwest, about 36 min by car
- Amasya 63 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- Samsun 75 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Çorum 78 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Vezirköprü Şahinkaya Kanyonu - panoramio - sami yılmaz, sami yılmaz, CC BY 3.0
- Vezirköprü Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Cami - panoramio (1), sami yılmaz, CC BY 3.0
- Vezirköprü Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Cami - panoramio, sami yılmaz, CC BY 3.0
- Vezirköprü - panoramio, sami yılmaz, CC BY 3.0
- Vezirköprü - panoramio (1), sami yılmaz, CC BY 3.0
- Vezirköprü - panoramio (2), sami yılmaz, CC BY 3.0
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