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TÜRKIYE · ROMAN PERIOD (2ND–3RD CENTURY AD STRUCTURES)
Hierapolis Kastabala Archaeological Site
Ἱερόπολις Κάσταβαλα
Kastabala, one of the leading cities of Cilicia, lies on a small plain beside the Ceyhan, the ancient Pyramos. People first settled here in the Neolithic, but most of what can be seen today is Roman: a colonnaded street, a vaulted complex, a theatre, baths and aqueducts; the site also has a castle. Artemis Perasia had her cult centre here, and the city is first recorded, as Hierapolis, on coins of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Since 2021 it has been excavated systematically on the Ministry’s behalf.
- Original name
- Ἱερόπολις Κάσταβαλα
- Country
- Türkiye
- Period
- Roman Period (2nd–3rd century AD structures)
- Civilisation
- Cilician
- Location
- 37.1767° N, 36.1886° E Open in OpenStreetMap Open in Apple Maps
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