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  • Kibyra

  • Kibyra

    Kibyra or Cibyra is an ancient city and an archaeological site in south-west Turkey, near the modern town of Gölhisar, in Burdur Province. It was founded by the Iron Age kingdom of Lydia in the 1st millennium BC. The ruins include theatre, stadium and ruins of several large buildings supposed to be temples
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Ancient city of Kibyra.
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    Kibyra
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    Kibyra

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2016

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Turkey

    Burdur

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    First Millennium BC

    Lydia

    Hellenistic + Roman

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    Hellenistic & Roman Monuments

     

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