Altıntaş district, Kütahya

What does this district dossier connect?

Altıntaş brings together place records, related historical events and living-culture themes within Kütahya and Inner Aegean. Records are connected with Beyliks & Seljuks, Ottoman era, The Aegean today, Bronze Age. Current research layers include culture and memory, links to the present, deniz-doga.

History

• Emergence of Kütahya Tile Kilns and Construction of Çakırsaz Seljuk Han (1230 CE)
• From Seyitömer Bronze Age to Çakırsaz Han and Germiyan Tile Kilns: Ancient Loom Weights, Seljuk Hans, and UNESCO Tile Mansions

Today

• Altıntaş Çakırsaz Seljuk Taş Han and Marble Road

• Emergence of Kütahya Tile Kilns and Construction of Çakırsaz Seljuk Han (1230 CE)
• From Seyitömer Bronze Age to Çakırsaz Han and Germiyan Tile Kilns: Ancient Loom Weights, Seljuk Hans, and UNESCO Tile Mansions

Table

New research nodes for table and production are being prepared.

Culture

• Emergence of Kütahya Tile Kilns and Construction of Çakırsaz Seljuk Han (1230 CE)
• From Seyitömer Bronze Age to Çakırsaz Han and Germiyan Tile Kilns: Ancient Loom Weights, Seljuk Hans, and UNESCO Tile Mansions

Province guide

Kütahya