Sapinuwa

Sapinuwa
Sapinuwa is located in Turkey
Sapinuwa
Shown within Turkey
LocationÇorum Province, Turkey
RegionAnatolia
Coordinates40°15′18.03″N 35°14′9.70″E / 40.2550083°N 35.2360278°E / 40.2550083; 35.2360278
TypeSettlement
History
CulturesHittite
Site notes
ConditionIn ruins

Sapinuwa (sometimes Shapinuwa; Hittite: Šapinuwa) was a Bronze Age Hittite city at the location of modern Ortaköy in the province Çorum in Turkey about 70 kilometers east of the Hittite capital of Hattusa. It was one of the major Hittite religious and administrative centres, a military base and an occasional residence of several Hittite kings. The palace at Sapinuwa is discussed in several texts from Hattusa.