Rahmi M Koç Museum

İzmir & the North Aegean


Housed in the magnificently restored Taksiyarhis Church (Church of the Archangels), a Greek Orthodox church built in 1873 and now painted in a distinctive shade of yellow, this is a sibling museum to İstanbul's excellent Rahmi M Koç Museum and has a collection that is similarly strong on exhibits concerned with transportation and engineering.


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2. Broken Chimney

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3. Saatlı Camii

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Originally built as the Ayios Yannis Kilise, this imposing stone building with its ugly freestanding minaret was converted into the Saatli Cami in 1923.

4. Broken Chimney

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5. Taksiyarhis Memorial Museum

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6. Old Town

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