Joshua's Hill

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Joshua's Hill (Turkish:Yuşa Tepesi) the hill which culminates the height of 180-195 meters above sea level and located to the south of Yoros Castle, on the Asian shore of the Bosporus.

At the summit of the hill is a terrace with benches for rest of pilgrims, the mosque and tomb of the saint Yuşa.

[edit] The tomb of the saint Yuşa

There is summit of the hill situated a giant symbolic grave which is called "the grave of Yuşa." The Turkish Muslims has declared it the grave of Jesus Navin (Muslim Saint called Yuşa).

A flat, rectangular earthen rise 17 meters long and 2 meters wide. It is surrounded with a high cast-iron grate, enclosed by means of an iron netting. The point is that the local inhabitants consider the grave miraculous and come here in order to be healed of their illnesses. But, the iron netting doesn't allow the pilgrim to touch the holy ground inside the fence.

The ground is overgrown with thick grass. Several high trees grow. At the opposite end of the grave are two circular cylindrical stones, which are reminiscent of small millstones. In the center of one of them are seen a quadrangular opening and a very noticeable fissure. All this is enclosed by a stone wall, in which two doors and several windows have been made. The pilgrims enter one of the doors, pass around the grave in a circle and exit outside through a second door.

[edit] Yuşa Mosque

Yuşa Mosque was by the Grande Vizier Yirmisekizçelebizade Mehmed Sait pasha in 1755 with an adjaceni shrine. Tnis small Mosque had stone walls ahd a split roof strustore because it was burnt. was resotered during the reign of Sultan Abdülaziz (in the 1863 year).