27 Nisan 2023, 20:33 added on

TEN MUST-SEE PLACES İN TURKEY FOR MYTHOLOGY LOVERS-2

TEN MUST-SEE PLACES İN TURKEY FOR MYTHOLOGY LOVERS-2

1)CELSUS  LİBRARY
It was built by Tiberius Julius Acquila in honour of his father Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, governor of Asia Minor between 105-107 AD.Approximately this library has between 9,500 and 12,000 book rolls .The statues adorning the façade of the library represent the Four Virtues: Sophia (Wisdom), Arete (Courage), Episteme (Knowledge) and Ennoia (Thought).
2)THEATRE OF TERMESSOS
This place located in just east of the agora.This theatre has a capacity of about 4000-5000 spectators and the most interesting part of this theatre built of cut stones is that it is built on the edge of the cliff.
3)ODEON
The 2000-year-old Medusa mosaic, which decorates the orchestra section and was made with thin marble slabs using the "Opus Sectile" technique, is unique in the world. The Medusa mosaic, which is thought to have been made around the 1st century AD, is 95 per cent original; only 5 per cent is a reconstruction.
4)BASİLİCA THERMA
Basilica Therma located in Sarıkaya region in Yozgat.The Basilica Therma, the Roman Baths, has been used as a natural source of hot water for 2,000 years.
5)ZEUS TEMPLE(AİZANOİ ANCİENT TEMPLE)
This beatiful temple located in Çavdarhisar region in Kütahya.The most important feature of this temple is that there is another vaulted space underneath. This is a very unusual practice in the Roman period in Anatolia and no similar one has been found yet. The temple was built in pseudodipteros plan with 8 Ionic columns at the ends and 15 on the sides.
6)MİLET ANCİENT CİTY
Miletus (Classical Greek: Μίλητος, Milētos and Latin Miletus Hittite: Millawanda) is an ancient harbour city in western Anatolia, in the Aegean region, on the seacoast near the mouth of the Büyük Menderes River (classically called Meander).
7)ANCİENT CİTY OF CYZİCUS
Kyzikos (Greek: Κύζικος. pronounced Kizikos in Turkish) is an ancient city located in the borders of Balıkesir province in the Marmara Region, on the coast of the Marmara Sea, near the Erdek district, whose ancient name was Arteka.
8)KSANTOS
Located on the Fethiye-Kaş highway, 46 km from Fethiye, in the town of Kinik, the city was built on two hills overlooking the plain by the Xanthos River.
9)LAODİKEİA ANCİENT CİTY
Laodikeia Ancient City is located 6 km north of Denizli Province. The Hellenistic city was founded in the middle of the 3rd century BC by the Seleucid King Antiochus II in the name of his wife Laodike.
10)KNİDOS
The ancient city of Knidos, located on Tekir Cape at the point where the Aegean and the Mediterranean Sea meet at the very tip of the Reşadiye Peninsula of Datça district of Muğla, is one of the important centres of Western Anatolian coastal cities.

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