Introducing Bayburt Province 3

Bayburt GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

East and southeast of Erzurum, Gumushane west, north of Trabzon and Rize, Bayburt, surrounded by the provinces of Erzincan to the south, near the River and the sea 1550 meters northeast of Anatolia Coruh height has been established.

The climate of the eastern Black Sea and Eastern Anatolian climate in Bayburt, the predominant features of a transitional continental climate prevails. For this reason, the summers are hot and dry, winters cold and snowy passes.

Bayburt HISTORY

BC Bayburt 3000'li goes back to the years. The city was founded by Azzi. Bayburt, Medes, Persians, Romans, Byzantine, Umayyad, Saltuklu, Danismend, Seljuk, Akkoyunlu, Safavid and Ottoman rule remained. After the proclamation of the Republic, Erzurum, in 1927, was the province due to Gümüşhane.

Ruins of Bayburt

Aydintepe Underground City

The mountainous region northwest of the city of Bayburt Aydıntepe'de parish center, tuff in the surface 2-2.5 m deep cut into the bedrock without any other building material galleries, vaulted rooms, and places it consists of rooms opened wider. Approximately 2 to 2.5 m high, vaulted galleries on either side in places, is expanding. A square-shaped rooms are opened in this space, as well as places of observation creates holes for ventilation conical form, the gallery has been observed also used to illuminate rooms. Today, the city continues to excavations at the moment about the two views are put forward.