Afsin Attractions

The mosque which is attached to the sloping west front is domed at the rear (prayer niche). The three-aisled prayer hall has a flat roof and nearby the monastery section with its maze of rooms, three-aisled hall and typical Seljuk pointed-arch portal lies to the south towards the slope.

More Roman ruins (Castaballa) can be found about 15km/9.5mi to the northeast near Percenik. In the same region, a little further northwest, the village of Tanir contains some Roman mosaics. Due north of Afsin (21km/13mi) on the old route to Kayseri stands the Seljuk Kuru Han and another 5km/3mi to the north near Karakol the Seljuk castle of Hurman Kalesi simultaneously controlled three mountain passes.