Sazova Park, officially Sazova Science, Culture and Art Park (), is a park in

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. It was established by the metropolitan municipality of Eskişehir in 2008.

Location

The park is in Tepebaşı secondary municipality, next to

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at . It is quite close to midtown and there are regular bus services. Its total area is

The park

The park consists of several parts. In addition to restaurants and cafehouses, these are; # Eskişehir Zoo (sponsored by Eti Company) #

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(sponsored by

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) # Turkic science history building # Scientific experiments building # Esminiaturk (models of historical 1/25 size Turkic buildings, similar to Miniatürk in

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) # Japanese garden # An artificial lake and a pirate ship # Dream Château # Miniature railway

Gallery

File:Eskişehir_Sazova_Dream_Château.jpg, Dream Chateau File:Eskişehir_Sazova_Pirates'_Ship.jpg, Pirates' ship by the pond File:Eskişehir_Sazova_Orkhon_inscriptions.jpg, Esminiaturk:

Orkhon Inscriptions The Orkhon inscriptions are bilingual texts in Middle Chinese and Old Turkic, the latter written in the Old Turkic alphabet, carved into two memorial steles erected in the early 8th century by the Göktürks in the Orkhon Valley in what is modern- ...

File:Eskişehir_Sazova_Esminiaturk_Sultan_Sencer's_Mausoleum.jpg, Esminiaturk:Seljukid Sultan Sencer's mausoleum (1/25 size) File:Eskişehir_Sazova_Esminiaturk_Blue_Mosque.jpg, Esminiaturk:Sultan Ahmet Mosque (1/25 size) File:Eskisehir bilim deney merkezi.JPG, Scientific experiments building File:Tren Durağı... - panoramio.jpg, Miniature railway station File:Eskisehir hayvanat bahcesi.JPG, Zoo gate File:Eskişehir zoo Aquarium 1.jpg, Aquarium gate

References

{{commons category, Sazova Park Science parks in Turkey Amusement parks in Turkey Visitor attractions in Eskişehir. Tepebaşı District 2008 establishments in Turkey