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🏛️ Attaleia-Termessos
Ancient Lycian mountain city in southwestern Anatolia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 19:46
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Taurus Mountains near present-day Antalya, Türkiye
  • Founded by Attalus II of Pergamon (ruled 159–138 BCE)
  • Occupied as a Roman settlement; never fully conquered by Alexander the Great
  • Now a partially excavated archaeological site accessible to visitors

Termessos, originally named Attaleia after its Pergamene founder, was an ancient Lycian city situated in the Taurus Mountains ...

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