"Antalya... actually Aspendos" Antalya by Diana75

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Antalya was not one of my favourite places in Turkey. Too many tourists, too commercial for my taste, compared to other wonderful places I have discovered in Turkey.

And although I've spend a day visiting the town, I have noticed now back home that I have no picture from Antalya.

That's why I will write something about a wonderful place located nearby... Aspendos.

Aspendos

The Greek Aspendos, the modern Belkis, ancient city of Pamphylia, is renowned throughout the world for its magnificent ancient amphitheatre famous for its magnificent acoustics.

According to Greek legend, the city was founded by Argive colonists who, under the leadership of the hero Mopsos, came to Pamphylia after the Trojan War.

Aspendos was one of the first cities in the region to strike coinage under its own name.

The town is built against two hills: on the "great hill" or Buyuk Tepe stood the acropolis, with the agora, basilica, nymphaeum and bouleuterion or "council chamber".

Today only the ruins of these buildings can be seen.

About one kilometer north of the town, are the remains of the Roman aqueduct that supplied Aspendos with water, transporting it from a distance of over twenty kilometers.

  • Last visit to Antalya: Sep 2002
  • Intro Updated Mar 28, 2006
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