Turkey - Medieval City of Beçin

Amasya is located in the north of Anatolia, in the inner part of the Middle Black Sea Region, at the junction point of the roads which connect Black Sea Coast to the rest of Anatolia. Amasya has been founded in a deep valley formed by Yeşilırmak River which flows between two-thousand-metre-high mountains extending in the east-west direction. The limestone stack which is shaped as a pointed cone and 272 metres in height, located in the north of the basin separated by the River is called Mount Harşena. It is dated to Geological Jurassic Period (205M–142M). The word “Harşena” is believed to come from the phrase “Harşuwana-Arşuawana” in Hattian language which means “pretty, blessed river city”.