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🏛️ Attaleia-Termessos
Hellenistic mountain city ruins in southwestern Türkiye


🕐 2 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 21:26
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in the Taurus Mountains near Antalya, Türkiye, at approximately 1,000 metres elevation
  • Hellenistic foundation by the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon, later integrated into the Roman province of Pamphylia
  • Abandoned gradually during the late Roman and Byzantine periods
  • Not included in UNESCO World Heritage designations; archaeological study ongoing

Attaleia-Termessos comprises the scattered ruins of an ancient mountain settlement established in the Hellenistic period and occupied through ...

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