World Council 2023

#UCLGMeets Envisioning the Future

25 Oct - 28 Oct Konya, Türkiye

Interactive Program

🟢 Çatalhöyük Neolithic Site

Official meeting

19/09/2023 10:52

28 October 2023

14:00 - 17:00

Reference: UCLGMeets-MEET-2023-09-2049

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◼️ CULTURAL VISIT ORGANIZED BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF KONYA ◼️

📍 Meeting point: Selçuklu Congress Centre

️🎯 Description:

A field trip (about 90 minutes away from the city centre) to Çatalhöyük, an ancient city with a history of 9500 years, in the heart of Anatolia, the cradle of civilizations, at the intersection of roads connecting the world. Dominating the fertile Konya Plain, these historical ruins share the world's first examples of civil and religious architecture, the power of artistic and cultural traditions, and the colourful traces of 2000 years of uninterrupted city life with their visitors. In 2012, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.