Aizanoi
Aizanoi ancient city at Çavdarhisar, Kütahya: the Temple of Zeus, theatre-stadium, Diocletian’s price edict, Roman bridges,…
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Ancient Temples
Nineteen ancient temples and sanctuaries across Turkey, Greek, Roman and older. Some survive as single standing columns, others as complete foundations you can walk through. Each entry sets out what the temple was dedicated to, what remains on site today, and what you need to know before visiting.
This category lists 19 places in Türkiye on istambul.com, including The Tomb Of Ahmedi Hani, Mount Nemrut Tumulus, Karakus Tumulusu, Haydaran Rock Tombs, Dolmens, Didyma, Goreme Open Air Museum and Urartu.
Altıntepe
Altıntepe near Erzincan: an 8th-century BC Urartian citadel with temple, columned hall and tombs, now an…
Blaundos
Blaundos ancient city near Ulubey, Uşak: a Hellenistic and Roman town on a canyon promontory with…
Didyma
Didyma near Didim: the Temple of Apollo, one of the largest temples of the ancient world,…
Dolmens
Dolmens in Adıyaman are ancient megalithic structures built from upright stones supporting a large capstone.
Ephesus
Ephesus near Selçuk, one of the best-preserved Roman cities in the Mediterranean: the Library of Celsus,…
Giresun Island
Giresun Island, the Aretias of the Argonauts: temple and monastery ruins, the Hamza Stone, the May…
Göbeklitepe
Göbeklitepe near Şanlıurfa: UNESCO-listed Neolithic enclosures of carved T-shaped pillars from 9600 BC. How to get…
Goreme Open Air Museum
Goreme Open Air Museum is a UNESCO World Heritage site located near the town of Goreme…
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia, the 6th-century Byzantine cathedral that became a mosque: its history, the upper gallery visitor…
Halicarnassus
Halicarnassus, ancient Bodrum: the Mausoleum of Mausolus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,…
Haydaran Rock Tombs
The Haydaran rock tombs in Adıyaman province: chamber tombs cut into the rock, part of the…
Hierapolis
Hierapolis above Pamukkale: the Roman theatre, the necropolis, the Plutonium and the Antique Pool, part of…
Hippodrome Istanbul
The Hippodrome of Constantinople, now Sultanahmet Square: the Egyptian Obelisk, the Serpent Column and the Walled…
House of the Virgin Mary
The House of the Virgin Mary near Ephesus: what the site is, why it is venerated,…
Karakus Tumulusu
Karakus Tumulusu, also known as Karakuş Tumulus, is an ancient burial mound located in the Adiyaman…
Kütahya
Kütahya travel guide: the Roman city of Aizanoi, hand-painted tiles, the castle and Germiyan Street, thermal…
Miletus
Miletus is an ancient Greek city located on the western coast of present-day Turkey, near the…
Pergamon (Pergamum)
Pergamon above Bergama, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: the steep theatre, the Trajaneum, the Asclepion and…
Priene
Priene, the Ionian hillside city above the Maeander plain: the Temple of Athena, the theatre and…
Temple Of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: what…
The Tomb Of Ahmedi Hani
The Tomb of Ahmedi Hani is dedicated to the memory of one of the most significant…
Urartu
Urartu, also known as the Kingdom of Urartu or the Kingdom of Van, was an ancient…
Xanthos
Xanthos, the Lycian capital near Kınık, on the UNESCO list with the Letoon: its pillar tombs,…
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