Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Mersin Province
Detourmap lists 44 places in Mersin Province, Turkey, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Soli. 41 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 44
- Oldest
- Tarḫuntašša 1294 BC
- Little known
- 41 of 44
- Share of Turkey
- 8%
Mersin Province 44
All 44, best known first.
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7.Aya Tekla Church
Archaeological · 5th century · Hidden gem
Rock church in Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey
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40.Meydan Castle
Archaeological · Hidden gem
The archaeological site of a ruined castle in Mersin Province, Turkey.
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Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Mersin Province?
Soli. Ancient city of Cilicia in modern-day Turkey. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Mersin Province?
44: 38 archaeological & historic sites and 6 nature & landscapes. 41 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Mersin Province?
Tarḫuntašša, dated to 1294 BC. 5 of the 44 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Mersin Province here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Mersin Province if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Mersin Province is a first-level division of Turkey, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.