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🏛️ Aspendos-Sillyon

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🏛️ Aspendos-Sillyon
Twin Greco-Roman archaeological sites in southern Anatolia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 22:11
📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Near Serik, Antalya Province, southern Türkiye
  • Periods: Aspendos founded c. 7th century BCE; both sites prominent in Hellenistic and Roman eras
  • Key structure: Aspendos theatre, one of the best-preserved Roman theatres in the world
  • UNESCO status: Part of tentative list for World Heritage recognition

Aspendos and Sillyon are adjacent ancient settlements located on the Eurymedon River (modern Köprü) in Pamphylia, southern Anatolia ...

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