Amasra
Amasra | |
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Amasra Castle | |
Coordinates: 41°44′58″N 32°23′11″E / 41.74944°N 32.38639°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Bartın |
District | Amasra |
Government | |
• Mayor | Recai Çakır (CHP) |
Elevation | 123 m (404 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | 6,098 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Postal code | 74300 |
Area code | 0378 |
Climate | Cfb |
Website | www |
Amasra (from Greek Amastris Ἄμαστρις, gen. Ἀμάστριδος) is a small Black Sea port town in the Bartın Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Amasra District.[2] Its population is 6,098 (2021).[1]
The town today is much appreciated for its beaches and natural setting, which has made tourism the most important activity for its inhabitants. Amasra has two islands: the bigger one is called Büyük ada ('Great Island'), the smaller one Tavşan adası ('Rabbit Island'). It was annexed by the Ottoman Empire after the Siege of Amasra.
History
Situated in the ancient region of
The territory of Amastris produced a great quantity of
The city was not abandoned in the
The ancient Greek writer Myronianus (
Ecclesiastical history
The bishopric of Amastris was established early: according to
In the late 8th century its bishop obtained from the
In the middle of the 10th century it obtained the rank of Metropolitan see without suffragans, a rank it held until, due to the diminution in the number of Christians in the area, it was suppressed.
From the 14th century to the second half of the 15th, the town was also the seat of a bishopric of the Latin Church.[21][22][23]
Latin titular see
No longer a residential bishopric, Amastris (Curiate Italian Amastri) is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[24]
The diocese was nominally restored in the 19th century as a Latin Catholic
- Titular Michael Francis Howley (1892.04.28 – 1895.01.05) as Saint John’s, Newfoundland(Canada) (1895.01.05 – 1904.02.08), promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (1904.02.08 – 1914.10.15)
- Titular Bishop Antonio Maria Roveggio, Central Africa(Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) (1895.02.08 – death 1902.05.02)
- Titular Bishop John Joseph O’Gorman, Sierra Leone(Sierra Leone) (1903.11.09 – 1932)
In 1929 it was promoted to
- Titular Archbishop Efrem Hykary (1936.07.22 – death 1958.02.09), as Antioch of the Syriacs(Lebanon) (1936.07.22 – 1958.02.09)
- Titular Archbishop Teopisto Valderrama Alberto (1959.09.07 – 1965.04.06), as Caceres(Philippines) (1959.09.07 – 1965.04.06), later succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caceres (1965.04.06 – retired 1983.10.20)
Main sights
With its architectural heritage, Amasra is a member of the Norwich-based European Association of Historic Towns and Regions.[25]
Archaeological Museum: there is a fine medium-sized archaeological museum by the sea with remains from both land and underwater. Of particular interest is a statue of the snake god Glykon, a fraudulent creation of a local entrepreneur during Roman imperial times.
Amasra Castle
Fatih Mosque
It was originally built as a Byzantine church in the 9th century AD. The church narthex section consists of three parts. After the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II conquered Amasra in 1460, it was converted to a mosque. It is open to prayers. There is also a chapel on the same street but it is closed to prayers since 1930.[26]
Bird's Rock Road Monument
Coal mine and proposed power station
In 2009, a coal-fired power station of 2640 MWe (or 1200 MWe) was proposed by a subsidiary of Hattat Holding,[27] but after concerns were raised about the effect on air quality,[28] marine ecology,[29] and ash[30] it was not built. They now propose just a coal mine.[31]
References
- ^ TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ Homer, Iliad, ii. 853
- ^ Stephanus, Ethnica, s.v. "Amastris"
- ^ Stephanus, Ethnica, s.v. "Cromna"
- ^ Homer, ii. 855
- ^ Memnon, History of Heraclea, 5, 9
- ^ Strabo, Geography, xii. 3
- ^ Pomponius Mela, De chorographia, i. 93
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History, vi. 2
- ^ Appian, The Foreign Wars, "The Mithridatic Wars", 82
- ^ Pliny the Younger, Letters, x. 99
- ^ Arrian, Periplus of the Euxine Sea, § 20
- ^ Vryonis, The decline of medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor: and the process of Islamization from the eleventh through the fifteenth century, (Berkeley: University of California, 1971), p. 14
- ^ Basil Ezosmodzghuari, "Tskhovrebay Mepet-mepisa Tamarisi", Kartlis Tskhovreba, (2008), p. 507
- ^ Anthony Bryer, "David Komnenos and Saint Eleutherios", Archeion Pontou, 42 (1988-1989), p. 179
- ^ Franz Babinger dates the conquest to autumn of 1460, although Halil İnalcık would date its capture to A.H. 863 (AD 1458/1459). Babinger, Mehmed the Conqueror and his Time (Princeton: University Press, 1978), p. 181 and note.
- ^ Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, §4.14
- ^ Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, §5.36
- ^ Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica, 4.23
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 561-566
- ^ Jean Richard, La Papauté et les missions d'Orient au Moyen Age (XIII-XV siècles), École Française de Rome, 1977, pp. 236 and 246
- ^ Siméon Vailhé, v. Amastris, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, Paris 1953, coll. 971-973
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 830
- ^ "Turkey". European Association of Historic Towns and Regions. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ a b c Local signage
- ^ "Hema Enerji Sanayi ve Tic.A.Ş." Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ^ "On new thermal power plant investment in Amasra". Energy Newsletter TURKEY. 18 April 2010.
- ^ "New Thermal Power Plant investment 4x660 MWe in Amasra County of BARTIN Province". Energy Newsletter TURKEY. 26 December 2009.
- ^ "Amasra'yı Seviyorum,Termik Santral İstemiyorum!.. - Amasra". Archived from the original on 3 August 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ^ "Hattat Holding'ten yeni hamle! Türkiye ekonomisi için, çok büyük bir katkı olacak!". İMZA GAZETESİ - ZONGULDAK HABER - SON DAKİKA GELİŞMELERİ ZONGULDAK | ZONGULDAK HABERLERİ (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 March 2024.
Further reading
- "Amastris" from the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
- GCatholic
- Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister (editors); The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, "Amastris", Princeton, (1976)
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Amastris". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.