Ankara rewards visitors who want to look beyond Istanbul’s imperial story. Start around the old citadel for the rocky historic center, then seek out the Temple of Augustus and Rome and its inscription recording the deeds of Emperor Augustus. The city also explains the republic’s shift inland.
What to look for
The old citadel crowns a rocky hill above the Ankara Çayı.
The Temple of Augustus and Rome preserves the Monumentum Ancyranum inscription.
Roman and Ottoman traces sit within a modern national capital.
Useful to know
Give the citadel hill its own walking time; the historic center rises above the river.
Pair the citadel area with the Temple of Augustus and Rome for two periods of the city’s history.
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