Palace of the Maidens

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    Pontic Tombs, Kızlar Sarayı, north bank
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Just past the ticket office to the Tombs of the Pontic Kings, the path divides: turn left to find a couple of tombs reached via a rock-hewn tunnel, or right to find more tombs and the remnants of the Palace of the Maidens. Though there were indeed harems full of maidens here, the palace that stood on this rock terrace was that of the kings of Pontus, and later of the Ottoman governors.