🏛️ Korakesion-Side
Merged Hellenistic and Roman port settlements on the Turkish Mediterranean coast
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Antalya Province, southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast
- Dual-origin settlement combining Korakesion (Hellenistic) and Side (Roman port city)
- Active as a major trading port from the 2nd century BCE through Roman Imperial period
- Ruins accessible year-round; modern tourism infrastructure present
Korakesion-Side represents a layered archaeological site where Hellenistic and Roman settlement phases coexist along the southern Turkish coast ...