Erzurum - it is an amazing and beautiful mountain region in eastern Turkey, which combines historical sites and wilderness. The ancient city of Erzurum is located at an altitude of about two thousand meters above sea level. Especially popular he enjoys among skiers and lovers of scenic spots and ancient civilizations.

A hundred kilometers from Erzurum and twenty kilometers east of Kёpryukёem is elegant, built on the banks of the Aras River Bridge Chobandede, the most wonderful medieval bridge in Turkey. The bridge is an important structure on the Araks River, has seven bays and six arches that are particularly fascinating sunset.

Being one of the historic monuments, the bridge is not currently used for traffic. Previously it passed the highway and the railroad that ran parallel to the river, stretching up to Khorasan, where E80 / 100 turns to the southeast - by Argy and Dogubayazid - Iran and the train and highway 80 heading north.

Chobandede bridge has a length of two hundred and twenty meters and is constructed from multi-colored brick in the XIII century (1297), the Seljuk vizier money nobody ilhanitov Emir Choban Salduza - the ruler of the dynasty Chobanis. In honor of him, and the bridge was named. It is a very impressive structure.

Aras River flows down from the plateau, and Bingöl, passing under Malazgirt, flows eastward. Next, it passes under the fortresses Hınıs and Artyf flows under the bridge that is shaped like a ring and beating many villages, it passes under Chobandede and below the fortress of Yerevan merges with the river Zanga, and below the Kura, which flows into the Gilan Sea (Caspian Sea ). This river is and lush. When the snow melts in the Yayla Bingöl, she rolls the waves and raging like the sea.