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🏛️ Side-Aspendos

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🏛️ Side-Aspendos
Twin ancient Roman cities on the Turkish Mediterranean coast


🕐 3 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 23:30
📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Antalya Province, Mediterranean coast of southern Türkiye
  • Period: Hellenistic foundations (2nd century BCE); Roman development (1st–3rd centuries CE)
  • UNESCO World Heritage: Side is part of the Aspendos archaeological site (tentative listing)
  • Accessibility: Well-developed archaeological sites with visitor facilities; located near modern Manavgat town

Side and Aspendos represent two of the most substantial Greco-Roman urban complexes on the Turkish Mediterranean, situated approximately ...

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