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  • Anemurium

  • Anemurium

    Anemurium is an ancient city located close to the modern Turkish city of Anamur in Mersin Province. The city is dating back to the Ancient Greek period in the 1st millennium BC. The remains include a large theatre, a small covered odeon or bouleuterion, three large public baths and one small one, decorated with mosaic floors, four early Christian churches and an exedra possibly of a civil basilica.
    Archaeological Site
    Anemurium
    by Senior Airman Daniel Phelps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Anemurium
    by Wofrings, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Anemurium
    by Островский Александр, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Anemurium

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    Historic Cities and Regions

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    Turkey

    Mersin

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    First Millennium BC

    Ancient Greek

    Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine

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    Hellenistic & Roman & Byzantine Monuments

     

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