Karakoyunlu Açık Hava Müzesi

A must-see place as a historical and cultural heritage

It is a very beautiful city, I recommend everyone to come and see it.

Gravestones are interesting

Iğdır is an ancient Turkish soil is a legacy of ram tombstones. There are tombstones dating back to 1700s. A nice place. You can go.

A place to be seen.

It's not much, but there are ram head tombstones. A must see place for those who are curious

Ram-Headed Graves: Ram-headed graves found in all the old cemeteries in the Iğdır Plain are from the Karakoyunlu period, which left a permanent trace of civilization in Iğdır. According to the Karakoyunlu, these tombstones were erected on the graves of heroes and young people who died at a young age. This tradition came to Karakoyunlu from Central Asian Turkish Culture. Because Karakoyunlu was a nomadic community and the economic structure of Karakoyunlu was only based on animal husbandry. In addition, 2 names related to Karakoyunlu settlements were given to settlements in Iğdır. One of them is Karakoyunlu district and the other is Kuzugüden Village of the central district. Koçbaşlı gravestones are located 15 km from Iğdır city center. It is exhibited in the "Karakoyunlu Open Air Museum" in the district of Karakoyunlu in the northeast. Koç-headed tombstones found in Iğdır were taken under protection by the Erzurum Cultural and Natural Heritage Preservation Board in 1991. The villages with the most headed tomb statues; Aşağıerhacı, Bayraktutan, Çakırtaş, Küllük and Yaycı villages.

There are only four ram statue tombstones, the others are Old Turkish and Arabic inscribed stones, they may be noteworthy for the enthusiasts, but I'm glad to see them, the district minibuses depart every half an hour, it is necessary to spare two hours in total.