AI generatedNisa
Turkmenistan · Ahal · 260 m
Short description of Nisa
Nisa was a royal seat of the Parthians, set on a low mound against the Kopet Dag foothills a short drive west of the capital. Old Nisa is the inscribed part, a ring of eroded mud brick walls and towers enclosing a round hall, a tower temple and the building read as a treasury. Little has been rebuilt, so the pleasure is the shape of the earthworks and the mountain wall behind them. The carved ivory drinking horns that made the place famous are kept in the capital. Most travellers come out for a half day.
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Best time to visit: April – May or September – October
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All highlights and sightsBeta
- Old Nisa citadel walls and towers
- The Round Hall
- Kopet Dag panorama from the ramparts
- The Square House treasury
- The Tower Temple
- New Nisa lower settlement
- Bagyr village at the foot of the site