Emirler Archaeological Site and City Forest Museum

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Emirler Archaeological Site and City Forest Museum (Turkish: Emirler Örenyeri Ve Kent Ormanı Müzesi) is a small museum located in Mersin Province, southern Turkey, exhibiting archaeological artifacts found at site and some fauna of the city forest.

Location

The museum is next to

Emirler village of Mersin Province at 36°49′33″N 44°29′51″E / 36.82583°N 44.49750°E / 36.82583; 44.49750.Its distance to Mersin is about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi)[1]

Museum

The

Byzantine
settlement.

The Forestry Museum

In the same area Ministry of Forestry established a forestry museum in a wooden cottage. In the museum, insects, butterflies and birds of the forest are displayed. There is also a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) walking track.[2]

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