The Rock Tomb-Houses of Evkaya

Historical / Turkiye, Black Sea, Kastamonu


The Rock Tomb-Houses of Evkaya

It is located on the surface of a bedrock under the Industrial Vocational High School, just south of the city centre. There are 8 rock tombs, three of which are monumental, in the area. There are two dead cedars in each of the burial chambers in two of the monumental tombs. The Evkaya Tomb, which gives the area its name, attracts a lot of attention with its columned façade and the depiction of "Potnea Theron" - "The Goddess of the Animals Judge" on its pediment. Graves BC. 7th century It was built as an open-air sanctuary rather than a rock tomb under the influence of Phrygian culture at the beginning.

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