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, has basement for 600 people. The 5 abutting underground cisterns were usedfor the accumulator of baptize and olive oil.
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Antalya - Termessos
Monday, March 17th, 2008Antalya - Antiphellos (Kas)
Monday, March 17th, 2008Not 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 baby adjustment assemblage and it was the anchorage of Phellos, which is a bit arctic of Kas, As the Hellenistic age began, Phellos absent its accent while Antiphellos developed and came to the fore. This bearings aswell connected in the Roman era and Antiphellos developed added by cedartree barter and blot fishing. At that time, the city-limits was no best a anchorage of Phellos but rather a affluent and arrogant city.
Antalya - Perge
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Situated 18 km east of Antalya, Perge Is In the city-limits banned of Aksu Bucagi. Because of its breadth on the Cilicia-Pisidia road, it was a basic allotment of the arena of Pamphylia, and was founded about the aforementioned time as the added cities in the breadth (7th aeon BC). It was an important city-limits for Christians of Perge who had admirable the mother goddess Artemis. St Paul and Barnabas visited the city-limits and affluent benefactors like Magna Plancia had a amount of important memorials congenital here.
Antalya - Aspendos
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Antalya - Selinus
Sunday, March 16th, 20083 km. on south of Gazipasa about 45 km. abroad from Alanya.The city-limits is on a brim of acropolis extending to the sea in bend shape. There is acropolis of the city-limits on the hill. There is cradle alveolate two allowance ablution in the point area Selinus (Haci Musa) meets the sea. The coulmns of Agora on sea ancillary accept been absent but stylobat traces can still be seen. When confused against east from Agora a architecture with apsis is seen. It is mostly apparent that the architecture was accustomed on a religious temple. There is awe-inspiring anatomy on the east of the church. The access aperture getting the alone Islamic anatomy of the city-limits is amidst with zigzags motives of Lescuklu in colourful manner. This ruin accept to accept been of a mansion. The tomb anatomy in cemetery which is nekropol of the city-limits indicates the community of burying of Kilikya in the best way. Some locations of baptize canals of the arena still survive at present Roman EmpemrTraianus died in the city-limits while he was abiding from Part mobilisation and his ashes were active in Rome. The charcoal are dating from Roman, Byzantine and Middle Ages.
Antalya - Archaeology Museum
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Antalya Archaeology Museum, The Antalya Arena has consistently been settled, anytime back the Paleolithic Age untill today. Back there are names of this arena mentioned in Homer’s llliad, it is accessible that there was an aboriginal humans alleged Pamphilio active in in this arena about 1200 B.C. The arena laterwas underthe ascendancy of the Lydian Kingdom, the Persians and Alexander the Great The western allotment of Pamphillia was acquired by the Baron Attalos II of Pergarnon in 2nd aeon B.C. and the baron founded a city-limits on the western bank of the Mediterranean Sea and gave his name to the city, ‘Attalia’, today’s Antalya. The city-limits was subjected to the Roman Empire afterwards afterlife of Attalos III and to the Byzantine Empire alpha from the 4th century. As of the Seljuks’ acquisition of the city-limits in 1207, the Turkish-Islamic aeon began and the arena came beneath the ascendancy of the Ottoman Accompaniment appear the end of the 14th century.
Antalya - Ataturk Museum
Saturday, March 15th, 2008Antalya - Ataturk Museum
Antalya Ataturk museum, At the alpha of March 1930 Ataturk was In Izmir. The acclimate was traveling actual cold. Ataturk anticipation of demography a blow for a anniversary in Antalya’s balmy weather. On 5 March 1930 he ancient from Izmir to Antalya. Casual through Isparta and Burdur, accustomed in Antalya in the afternoon on 6 March 1930. From the apple of Kepezto the city, the humans had abounding out both abandon of the alley to see and acclamation for the abundant leader. At 16:00 hours, Ataturk accustomed at Tophane square. The alcazar area he was traveling to break presented to him as a allowance by the humans of Antalya. The arena in foreground of the alcazar was awash with people. After comatose for a abbreviate time in the villa, Ataturk came out to the balcony, fabricated a abbreviate accent and thanked to the humans of Antalya. The aforementioned night he went to the Turkish Nationalist Club and discussed with the adolescence on the country’s problems. Towards midnight he went aback to the alcazar for rest
Antalya - Daglik
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Antalya Daglik, It Is aural borders of Guneykoy 13 km. abroad from Gazipasa commune It avalanche into the borders of arena accepted as Mountainous Kilikya in Ancient Times. The name of the boondocks comes from Antiochust 4 , baron of Kommagene.The charcoal are calm on three hills. In the aboriginal one is the arena consisting of agora, bath, achievement band and church; the additional allotment is the nekropol breadth accepting tomb structures different to Kilikya region; the third allotment is the charcoal of alcazar congenital on aciculate bouldered breadth extending to the sea on the west On the arctic of the city-limits there is ruin of a temple whose architectural apparatus are still seen. There is a architecture accepting religious functions in apsis of three walls alleged trikonkhos. The charcoal are anachronous from Roman, Byzantine and Middle Age.