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coordinator Berna ERGÜN and the students who participate in the project welcome
it.Technobird is very pleased to meet them.After chatting for a while, it wants to see the
famous park in Eskişehir which is called Sazova Science,Art and Cultural Park.
All together they take a tour in Sazova Science ,Art and Cultural Park.Technobird can’t believe
what it sees.It becomes fascinated by the view of the park.One by one students give information
about the park.
Sazova Park in other saying Sazova Science, Art and Cultural Park is a beautiful park which is
located in Sazova, Eskişehir.It’s the largest park in Eskişehir. Sazova park being a part of
general contemporary design of Eskisehir is like a small theme park of a similar monstreous
samples in America. It’s a family-friendly paradise with fresh air and rolling lawns. Especially
families with children can spend enjoyable time in Sazova.
The Park has a pond, a copy of Columbus' ship Santa Maria, a new fairy-tale castle, science
center, space house, amphitheater, playgrounds, leisure areas and restaurants.. You'll also find a
planetarium, aquarium and zoo here, and mushroom playhouse, huge dinosaur slides, plentiful
picnic sites, tea gardens and ice cream stands. You can take nice pictures in these places. The
park has a train which is free to ride in a big circle around the area.
Fairytale Castle which was opened on March 9, 2014 takes great interest by visitors. Castle`s
architecture is very similar to Disneyland Paris . Fairytale Castle, whose optic and robotic
themes of Dede Korkut, Nasrettin Hoca and Keloglan are provided by the Sabanci Foundation
upon the conditional donation of Cimsa, has 26 towers, the highest being 50 metres in height. It
consists of different areas like three dimensional animations of legendary characters, optic light
representations and special living areas.Fairytale Castle is first of its kind in Turkey in bringing
together the legendary characters and objects with the aim of contributing to the enrichment of
children’s imagination.
Children who have the possibility of living through the stories they read on books with the
company of guides in Fairytale Castle can also listen to the stories of Dede Korkut, Nasrettin
Hoca and Keloglan narrated by themselves.
Sabancı Planetarium
Launched in 4th April 2012, Sabancı Planetarium has been built on a space of 2,751 square
meters inside the Eskişehir Science Arts and Culture Park.The technical infrastructure for the
planetarium has been provided by the Sabanci Foundation upon the conditional donation of
Cimsa. Designed as a full dome of 180° x 360° with an inner diameter of 14 meter, it carries a
capacity for 96 visitors.
In addition to being the largest planetarium in Turkey with state-of-the-art technology, the
Planetarium also boasts qualities that match its peers around the globe.
Hosting interactive presentations and shows, Sabanci Planetarium holds two separate high-
resolution projectors equipped with fish-eye lens that yield 16 mega pixel images. The shows
take place in the 360° full-dome which is based on scientific observations, data and models,
offering spectators the experience of a live journey to the universe, galaxies, stars, earth and the
planets.
Another structure which attracts most of the children is the Pirate Ship which exactly in the
same dimensions of a real ship. A Pirate Ship known as May flower`s which access the
atlantic ocean has a similar design to one in Sazova park.You can have a trip at the Galleon
(Pirate Ship) which has great importance in the maritime history after traveling the largest park
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