Its history has remained intact from the past to the present
Peace and pleasure of a holiday in the heart of civilization
Serenity among the pristine streets
Located in the center of the city on the first illuminated street of the world with its proximity to the bazaar, the streets of Antakya, cafes and the historical places of Antakya, you will find the history of Antakya in every room of it. We want to have you in our rooms where we have lived in the history of Antakya.
Originally known as Şuppiluliuma, wecallhim Şuppi for short. He wast heking of Hitits (Hatti). Threet housand years ago Şuppilived in Anatolia, more specifically in Hatay, and he saved the people of this region froms tarvation.On his statue, which you can find in Hatay Museum, he holds a spear on one hand to symbolize power and on the other hand a stalk of grain which symbolize beauty, weal thand plentiful ness.
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Also known as Antakya... The historical city became the capital of the Seleucid Empire on 300 b.c. by the order of Seleicos,one of the commanders of Alexander the Great. This ancient city wasoriginally planned with gridal streets, expanding between Orontes river and Habib Neccar Mountain. Antioch was alsomentioned in the Holy Books of bothc hristian sand muslims , the Bibleand Kuran.
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Orontesriver (aka Asi) is born in Lebonan and meets the Mediterranean Sea in Hatay Samandağı. Orontes has significant importance for Antakya's history. Orontes river was used by St.Pauland St. Barnabas for the propagation of Christinity. Also it was avery important traderoute.
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When Greeks want to say 'goodluck', they say ' agathe tyhke'. Yes, that is theTykhe we are talking about, Antiochia's forgotten historical symbol! Tykhe, goddess of Greek mythology is also found in the Roman Mythology as Fortuna (luck and fortune). After all, life has countless posibilities and everybody needs some luck.
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Floodingwas a great problem back in the days, maybe as much as nowadays in someareas. TitustunnelwasconstructedbykingVespasian, during Roman Empiretimes, in Hatay/ Samandağforsolvingthesenatural but unpleasantevents. The purpose was collecting and in the same time changing the direction of the excess water so the city would be safe.
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The legend says that one day Apollon, son of Zeus, was wander ingaround when he saw beautiful Daphne. Instantly he felt in love. Although his love was one sided,Apollon couldn’t abandon his passion. Daphne was already tired of this chase. Withthehelp of her father,thegod of seas, she turn sinto a daphne tree.
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St. Pierre, one of the 12 Apostle of Christ, firstly preached to community in a cave which is known today as St. Pierre church. It is believed that the people who define themselves as "Christians" first-time in history, were the community of this church. St. Pierre is the founder of the Antakya Church, the archpriest of the first Christian Community here and also the first Pope in the world.
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The ancient civilization of Anatolia was located in our region around 2000 B.C., representing the cultural and lingual roots of Hitit civilization. Within the Hittit Empire, Luwians are the first people to generate written archives in Anatolia. Luwian is, like Hittite, a member of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family.
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St. Simon Hill is located in Hatay Samandağ being the emplacement where St.Simon and his followers build a monastry during the 6th century A.C.. Rumors says that St. Simon rested 45 years on top of a pillar 10 meter high and 1.5 meter widht.
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Bakras is actually a name of a castle located between Antakya and İskenderun. During the crusades, Antakya was a passage point to Middle East for the Templar Knights. In 1183 the castle was handed over to Saladin and İslamic armies.
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