Manisa Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Turkey
About Manisa
The original Magnesia is the Greek region ofThessaly. Its inhabitants moved here in 190 BC and founded the city of Magnesia ad Sipylum, specifying the mountain to distinguish it from their older settlement ofMagnesia on the Maeanderto the south. It was built over the ruins of theHittitecity of Tantalus, in a defensible position on the mountainside, with a good water supply and fertile plains around. The local soils have mineral ores, hence the name of magnesia or periclase (MgO / Mg(OH)2) and of magnesium the metal extracted from it. They also have natural lodestones, used for early compasses hence "magnet", but these are iron ores and magnesium is only weakly magnetic. The city's foundation was marked by a nearby battle, when Scipio crushed the Seleucid forces of Antiochus III and brought
Top Attractions in Manisa
Explore the best things to see and do in Manisa:
- ★Hatuniye Mosque
- ★Manisa Mevlevihanesi
- ★Muradiye Mosque
- ★Sultan Mosque
Where to Stay in Manisa
- 🏨Asmalıhan Otel
- 🏨Büyük Saruhan
- 🏨Double Tree by Hilton
- 🏨Rose Bay Hotel
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