Elazığ Culture Park
| Elazig Culture Park | |
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| Elazığ Kültür Park | |
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| Location | Elazig, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 38°40′16.56″N 39°12′13.80″E / 38.6712667°N 39.2038333°E |
| Area | 24.5 ha (61 acres) |
| Created | 2015 |
| Designer | Günay Erdem, Serpil Öztekin Erdem |
| Operated by | Elaziğ Municipality |
Elazig Culture Park (Turkish: Elazığ Kültür Park) is a public park in Elazig, a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey.
Geography
The 24.5 ha (61 acres) park is at the eastern part of the center of Elazig. Its altitude is 1,060 m (3,480 ft). It is surrounded by City Stadium to the west, Zafran Mesire Alanı to the north, 8th General Directorate of High Ways to the east and, Olgunlar District to the south.
History
During the early years of the Turkey, the site was used as a city nursery. As the growth of the city of Elazığ step by step site surrounded by the high density residential buildings. At 2010 Municipality of Elazığ took the site and established Elazığ Culture Park [1] and opened to the public on 29 May 2015, the Conquest Day of İstanbul.[2][3]
Design
Designers of Elazığ Culture Park are world known Turkish architect Günay Erdem together with famous Turkish landscape architects Serpil Öztekin Erdem and Sunay Erdem.[4]
References
- ^ "Elazığ Municipality News" (in Turkish).]
- ^ "Elazığ Governorship" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-06-17.]
- ^ "Facebook/kulturparkelazig" (in Turkish).]
- ^ "Architecture and Landscape Architecture" (in Turkish).]