29/05/2022
Turkey's first underwater museum "Side Underwater Museum" This museum is the second underwater museum in the world.
Side Underwater Museum has been opened on 31st October 2015, in Manavgat district of Antalya, Turkey. Turkey's first underwater museum "Side Underwater Museum", displaying Anatolian civilization's historical and cultural wealthiness, has a flower garden and 117 sculptures shaped as Whirling Dervishes, soldiers, camel train, gun carriage, cannon ball, map of Turkey, Turkish flag etc.
The themes of the sculptures in the museum are representations of the War of Independence and the Battle of Gallipoli, Mevlana and his whirling dervishes, the Temple of Apollo and the God of the Sea, Poseidon, the caravans of camels carrying grain and food for trade from Side in the past, and the children who lost their lives at sea during the Syrian war during their journey to escape the country. flower garden themes. Among the statues, the giant Poseidon statue, which is three and a half meters long and weighs 50 tons, is the most interesting work.
This museum is the second underwater museum in the world. The sculptures, which are made of materials suitable for underwater and neutralized, also serve as a natural reef for sea creatures without disturbing the balance of nature. Egypt, Bali, Thailand, Maldives and Mexico are the most visited countries by around 3 million certified diving enthusiasts around the world. Side Underwater Museum, which has made Manavgat and Antalya known to the whole world in cultural tourism, is visited by an average of 10 thousand people every year. The museum has hosted over 70,000 visitors since 2015. The aim of the museum is to attract these people from all over the world to Antalya and to contribute to Turkish tourism.
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