 Old Houses of OdunpazarıThese are the old houses from the Otoman Period, in Odunpazarı District, the first settlement of Eskişehir. They bear the same architectural features and motifs as in Safranbolu, Beypazarı, and Göynük. The houses are in general built in two types. Houses classified under the first type have street entrances, with a backyard. In houses classified under the second type, garden are at the front, and houses are built 1, ,2 or 3 stories in the garden. The houses generally have a sofa and surrounding rooms. The rooms generally have seats in front of the windows. At least one wall has cabinet pieces showing the best examples of wood craftsmanship. There are also shelves and recess on walls for daily use. Ensuring movement between the stories, the sofa is at the same time the biggest space in the houses. There is a place called selamlık (public reception area) to welcome the guests. The houses resemble two separate houses with harem and selamlık sections. In these houses with wide eaves, doors, windows, consoles, ceilings, cabinets and other wooden pieces made with top quality craftsmanship, you can see the best examples of pencil craft and woodcarving.
 Phrygian ValleyCovered with the tufts of Turkoman Mountain, an old volcano, the Phrygian Valley is 90 kilometers to antique city of Eskişehir, located next to Yazılıkaya village in Han district. There are many foundations and structural remains in the valley showing that the valley contained phases of three separate settlement periods, namely the Phrygian Kingdom, Lydia Kingdom and Persian Empire periods. On the other hand, there are findings about the existence of a city over the acropolis around Midas Monument. Established on a rocky platform and settled in the Early Bronze Age, Midas (Yazılıkaya) has been the religious center of the Phrygians. Rock relief were encountered en the antique city made by them belonging to Hittite culture. In Yazılıkaya that has developed as a Phrygian city after the Hittites, there are 33 pieces of artwork of Phrygian culture including the castle remains, settlement places, rock relief, rock monuments, cisterns, altars, snow shields, rock graves, step monuments, recesses, and antique roads. In the forested part of the valley, in the region extending from Çukurca village to Kümbet village, there are about 25 monuments, cult monuments, outdoors and nature temples, castles, graves and other artworks
Tomb of Seyit Battal Gazi The Tomb of Seyit Battal Gazi, forming a part of the Seyit Battal Gazi Külliyesinin in Seyitgazi, District of Eskişehir has been built by Ümmühan Hatun, mother of Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat I, between 1207 and 1208. The tomb is made of cut stone, with two floors. It is nearly square in shape made with cut stones, and covered with a dome. The tomb houses the grave of Seyit Battal Gazi. Seyit Battal Gazi has many graven in various parts of Anatolia.
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