Ataturk's mausoleum in Ankara, which attracts the world's leading figures

If you're in Ankara tourism , it must develop within your program visit the tomb of Ataturk , who flock to him not only tourists , but also senior presidents and diplomatic personalities , so that recently visited the President of the United States of America ( Obama ) .

On November 10 , 2007 ( 69 anniversary of the death of Ataturk) visited this monument 546 620 people , of whom 2,420 were foreigners.

In this article we will give some information about this architectural masterpiece worth seeing :

Is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey.

And in the same location, there is an abode Ismat Inonu , the second president of the Turkish Republic where he was buried here in 1973 .

The following image shows his tomb :

Put a picture of the mausoleum on Turkish banknotes different during the years 1966-1987 and 1997-2009 .

Began construction in 1944 and finally completed in 1953.

The shrine consists of four main parts : by Black , Square festivities, and the Hall of Honor (the location of the tomb of Ataturk) and the peace park that surrounds the monument .

Black by the Road of Lions:

Is a walkway length of 262 meters ( 860 feet ) line up on either side of the twelve pairs of black style carved such as archaeological wonderful .

Square festivities the Ceremonial Plaza:

Square festivities at the end of the Black Road , a length of 129 m (423 feet) and 84 meters wide (276 feet).

It can accommodate 15,000 people .

The floor is decorated with 373 pieces of fine Turkish carpets in various colors .

Hall of Honor the Hall of Honor:

Its length is 57 m ( 188 ft ) long and 41 m wide ( 137 ft ) The height amounts to 17 m ( 56 ft) is located inside this hall coffin , containing columns of a length of 14.4 meters (47 feet).

And had visited this hall Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and put a wreath of flowers on the shrine.

Also visited by Queen Elizabeth II.

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