| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bergama
Site / Event : Pergamon
|
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The site of the Altar of Zeus. The structure itself is in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bergama
Site / Event : Pergamon
|
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View from the site.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bergama
Site / Event : Asclepion
|
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The medical library built by Galen (c150 BCE) at Asclepion, once the world's best medical centre.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bergama
Site / Event : Asclepion
|
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The Sacred Way. The work of Galen here was the basis of Western medicine for 1800 years.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bergama
Site / Event : Asclepion
|
 |
The city was originally Greek but was later taken by the Romans.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bergama
Site / Event : Asclepion
|
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The Roman theatre.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bergama
Site / Event : Asclepion
|
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The Temple of Telesphoros, the god of medicine, where patients would sleep hoping that their dreams would provide a cure.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bergama
Site / Event : Asclepion
|
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Symbol of the god of medicine.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
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Izmir is the third largest city in Turkey.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
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The city is on the Aegean Sea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
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The city was founded by the Greeks as Smyrna.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
 |
The city later became Roman, Byzantine then Ottoman.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
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Izmir was the birthplace of the writer and story-teller, Homer.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
District : Konak Square
|
 |
Konak Square is the centre of the city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
District : Konak Square
|
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The Konak Mosque dates from 1748.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
District : Konak Square
|
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The square is dominated by a clock tower dating from 1901.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
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Local transport.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
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The Aegean Sea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
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The Kordon is a waterside walk.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
 |
Statue of Attaturk.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
 |
The bus station.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Kadifekale
|
 |
Kadifekale is the fort overlooking the city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Kadifekale
|
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The fort was founded by Alexander the Great.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Kadifekale
|
 |
View from the fort.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
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The Bazaar is a traditional market with workshops and stores.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
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Fish seller (balakji).
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
 |
Olives.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
 |
Fruit shop.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
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Watermelons.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
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Metal items.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
 |
Pet shop.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
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Making fresh bread.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
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The narrow streets of the bazaar.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
 |
Flower market.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
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Butcher.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
 |
Shady street.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
 |
Shoppers.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
 |
Streets in the old city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
 |
Juice seller.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
 |
City park.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
 |
Fairground.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
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At the fair.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
 |
Carousel.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
 |
Trollybus in the new city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Izmir
|
 |
The Roman agora of ancient Smyrna.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
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Sardis (Sart in Turkish).
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
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Sardis is set in a fertile mountainous region.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
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Sardis dates from 1200 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
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Sardis was the 6th century BCE capital of Lydia.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
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The Temple of Artemis.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
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Greek columns.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
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Sardis was home to King Croesus (6th century BCE) under whom coinage was invented.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
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Byzantine toilets.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
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A synagogue.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
 |
Part of the Roman city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
 |
The city has many mosaics.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
 |
Decorated walls.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
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Geometric mosaic.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
|
 |
Byzantine shops.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
Site / Event : Gymnasium
|
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The Gymnasium.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
Site / Event : Gymnasium
|
 |
The Gymnasium is one of the largest buildings on the site.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
Site / Event : Gymnasium
|
 |
The entrance.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Sardis
Site / Event : Gymnasium
|
 |
Carvings above the entrance.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
|
 |
Selcuk was originally a Greek and Roman city and reached its peak under the Ottomans in the 14th century.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
Site / Event : Ayasoluk Fortress
|
 |
The village of Sart is dominated by Ayasoluk Hill which is topped by a fortress.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
Site / Event : Ayasoluk Fortress
|
 |
Brick mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
Site / Event : Ayasoluk Fortress
|
 |
The walls.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
Site / Event : Ayasoluk Fortress
|
 |
View from the fortress.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
Site / Event : Ayasoluk Fortress
|
 |
View of Selcuk from the fortress.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
|
 |
The Ottoman castle dominates the ruins of Selcuk.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
|
 |
The 4th century St John's Cathedral.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
Site / Event : Isa Bey Mosque
|
 |
The Isa Bey Mosque (1307).
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
Site / Event : Isa Bey Mosque
|
 |
The interior.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
Site / Event : Isa Bey Mosque
|
 |
Ottaman tombstones.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
|
 |
Modern buildings among an ancient aquaduct.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Carved stonework in the small museum.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Selcuk
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Greek and Roman carvings.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
|
 |
Ephesus was one of the most important ports in the ancient world.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
|
 |
The Arcadian Way is the grandest street in the city (5th century). This once led to the sea but silting means that the sea is now 10km away.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
|
 |
Alexander the Great liberated the city from Persian rule in 334 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
|
 |
The city's Christian community is mentioned in the New Testament.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
Site / Event : Great Theatre
|
 |
The Great Theatre of Ephesus overlooks the Arcadian Way.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
Site / Event : Great Theatre
|
 |
The Great Theatre dates from 117 and is considered to be the largest in the ancient world holding 25 thousand.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
|
 |
The Temple of Artemis was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
|
 |
Curetes Way leads to the Library of Celsus.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
Site / Event : Library of Celsus
|
 |
The Library of Celsus is the most famous building in Ephesus.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
Site / Event : Library of Celsus
|
 |
Wisdom, a detail from the Library.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
Site / Event : Library of Celsus
|
 |
The library was built in 125 by a Greek governor of the Roman city and once held 12 thousand scrolls.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
Site / Event : Library of Celsus
|
 |
Science.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
|
 |
Public toilets.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
|
 |
The Agora dates from 3 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
|
 |
The Gymnasium of Vedus (2nd century).
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
|
 |
The Sacred Way has a sewage system below the marble paving stones.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
Site / Event : Temple of Hadrian
|
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Temple of Hadrian (138) with the head of Medusa on the arches.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
Site / Event : Temple of Hadrian
|
 |
Mosaic in the temple.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
Site / Event : Temple of Hadrian
|
 |
The temple was built in 138.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
Site / Event : Temple of Hadrian
|
 |
Detailed mosaic.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Ephesus
|
 |
Carving of the goddess, Nike.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Priene
|
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Priene was the centre of ancient Ionia.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Priene
|
 |
The city was founded in 300 BCE on a settlement that was 800 years older.
|
1986 |
were added from 1 February 2025.