Aphrodisias

Aphrodisias Ancient City, located within the borders of Geyre District of Aydın province Karacasu district, is located on a plateau at an altitude of about 600 meters above sea level in the fertile valley formed by the Dandalaz (Morsynus) Stream, which is the Menderes (Menderes) branch. River. The city's greatest source of wealth, fed by the natural features of the river basin in which it is located, has provided the marble quarries located in the Babadağ foothills in the north of the city.

Aphrodisias, whose settlement date goes back to the middle of the 5th millennium BC, was a small village in the 6th century BC, but gained the status of city-state (police) during the period of intense urbanization in the Menderes Valley in the 2nd century. B.C. century. Aphrodisias, who had close ties with Rome in the 1st century BC, said "I chose this city from all over Asia" by Octavian, who later took the title of Augustus as Roman Emperor. B.C. It began to develop rapidly in 39, with the granting of privileges such as tax exemption and autonomy to the Roman Senate.

The archaeological significance of Aphrodisias comes from the extraordinarily well-preserved structures and related reliefs and inscriptions that reveal an intense exchange of ideas and values ​​from the Late Hellenistic Period to the Roman and Byzantine periods. Aphrodisias, AD 1.-5. Over the centuries, it gained a great reputation in the Mediterranean world and raised sculptors with signature all over the Empire, especially in Rome. The fact that marble quarries are rarely close to the city is an important reason why Aphrodisias is a quality production center for marble sculpture. Thanks to this feature, it became one of the cities in the Asian Province of the Roman Empire that provided research and understanding in all areas of the marble art and architecture of the period. It is known that the sacred area of ​​Aphrodite and the original Aphrodite cult in the city, which gave its name to the city and played an important role in the development of the city identity, also affected a wide area in the Mediterranean Basin.

Because of these features, Aphrodisias Ancient City is approximately 2-3 km. It was registered in the World Heritage List in 2017 with its antique marble quarries in the northeast.

Pamukkale

Pamukkale means Pamukkale in Turkish and gets its name from the lovely travertines flowing down the slope from the hot springs, leaving behind a soft white calcium carbonate and bisodium carbonate snow. Pamukkale, Hieropolis has a history dating back 10 thousand years. This region, where thermal water flowing from here is believed to be good for diseases, has been an important health, religion and art city for centuries. Hieropolis BC. It is known that it was built in 190. King of Bergamon II. Eumenes named after his wife Hiera.

See this natural wonder. It's a fascinating fairy land made up of white terraces. For more than a thousand years, hot mineral waters flowed from the earth and flowed down the cliff. These calcium-rich waters have turned into dazzling white travertines, petrified white waterfalls with layers of small pools filled with calcium-rich warm mineral water. These waters have been renowned for their healing properties over the years, and you can bathe in the ancient Roman pool. Thousands of graves with probably the impressive ruins can be seen along with Turkey's largest necropolis.