Archive for March, 2008
Believed to have been In existence since the 5th century, Limyra is still in existence despite a massive earthquake in the mid 19th century although was emptied in the 7th and 9th centuries after the Arab invasions. The city, which is 11 km south, composes of three section; the acropolis, areas of settlement, and necropolis.
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Antalya City Guide, Antique Cities | No Comments
Demre was one of the a lot of Important cities of the Lyclan civilisation. 25km west of Finike and 48km east of Kas, Demre was a abode of adjustment from the 5th aeon BC. The city-limits was bare in 9 A.D aflerthe invasions of the Arabs. Rock tombs, theatres and the Church of St Nicholas […]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Antalya City Guide, Antique Cities | No Comments
It Is on Kalkan-Fethiye road.nearly 10 km afore Kalkan and is amid at the south.. The bright ceramics in the centermost of the city-limits acknowledge that the history of the city-limits alcove backto 5 B.C. Besides its getting the bearing abode of St Nicholas, it was one of the a lot of important seaports during […]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Antalya City Guide, Antique Cities | No Comments
Founded on the Xanthos river basln.Xanthos Is the better and the a lot of age-old city-limits of Lycia. Having getting remained absolute till the invasions of the Persians In 4292 B.C,Xanthos approved harder to avert adjoin the Invasionsjhowever, aloft acumen the limited achievement the humans of Xanthos aboriginal murdered their women again commited suicide as […]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Antalya City Guide, Antique Cities | No Comments
The broke city-limits of Termessos, lying 34km west of Antalya in a asperous abundance valley, was founded by the Solymi people, from the autogenous of Anatolia. Among the important charcoal are, the 4200-seat theatre and the Roman brace that Augustus had congenital at the alpha of the aboriginal aeon AD. The Odeon,the covered affair hall, […]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Antalya City Guide, Antique Cities | No Comments
Not abundant charcoal from this city-limits back It was accustomed on top of the old city-limits of Antiphellos in Central Lycia. From an inscription accounting in two languages, we can see that the city-limits beneath Kas was Antiphellos. But the old name of Kas is Habesos. In the ninth aeon B.C., Antiphellos was a actual […]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Antalya City Guide, Antique Cities | No Comments
Situated 18 km east of Antalya, Perge Is In the city limits ofAksu Bucagi. Because of its location on the Cilicia-Pisidia road, it was a vital part of the province of Pamphylia, and was founded around the same time as the other cities in the area (7th century BC). It was an important city for […]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Antalya City Guide, Antique Cities | No Comments
The ancient city, 48km east of Antalya, Is most famous for its theatre, probably the best preserved in Asia Minor. It is still in use today, and stages the annual Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival every summer It was the scene of a huge bloody battle between the Persians and the Greeks in 469 BC, […]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Antalya City Guide, Antique Cities | No Comments
3 km. on south of Gazipasa about 45 km. away from Alanya.The city is on a skirt of hill extending to the sea in elbow shape. There is acropolis of the city on the hill. There is cradle vaulted two room bath in the point where Selinus (Haci Musa) meets the sea. The coulmns of […]
March 16th, 2008 | Posted in Antalya City Guide, Antique Cities | No Comments
The Idea of exhibiting the opuses belonging to the region in a location in the district that is rich in terms of archeology belongs to the authorities of that period at the beginning of 1960s and the first core of the museum has occurred in those years. After that, large scaled stone opuses collected from […]
March 16th, 2008 | Posted in Turkey Museums - Museums in Turkey | No Comments