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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2915_the-dream-of-alexander-the-great_Izmir.html
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Pausanius, a geographer and traveler of the 2nd century A.D., relates that Alexander came to the slopes of Mt Pagos (Kadifekale) to hunt, that he fell asleep under a plane tree by a spring in front of the Temple of Nemesis, and that…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM290V_the-agora-of-smyrna_Izmir.html
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In the courtyard of the Agora there were shipped monuments erected in honor of important persons, days and agreements. There were also statues, altars belonging to multiple gods at which offerings were made in religious ceremonies…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2902_the-agora-of-smyrna_Izmir.html
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The agora of Smyrna was the city's administrative, political, judicial, and commercial center. It was located in the center and covered a rectangular area in conformance with the gridiron plan of the city.
Remains found in the a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28ZR_the-ancient-city-of-smyrna_Izmir.html
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A result of excavations carried out on the Yeslova Mound, located in the sub-district of Bornova on the eastern side of the Bay of Izmir, it has become clear that Izmir's past goes back 8500 years. The first city to be called Smyr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28XE_the-west-portico_Izmir.html
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The West Portico is one of the columned galleries which surrounded the courtyard of the Agora. It is not possible today to see clearly what kind of building it was. But from architectural traces and fragments that have been retrie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28WW_the-ancient-city-of-smyrna_Izmir.html
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The geographer and traveller Strabo, writing in the 1st century B.C., stated that the city was constructed by two of Alexander's commanders, Antigonus and Lysimachus. In the Hellenistic and Roman periods, thanks to its perfect loc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28TI_roman-avenue_Manisa.html
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This monumental Roman avenue was one of a series of important east-wes
thoroughfares that passed through Sardis over a span of 2500 years. During the Lydian period (7th and 6th centuries BC), a road near here approached one of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28R8_temple-nymphaeum-3rd-century-ad_Denizli.html
Built to a U-shaped plan with two wings enclosing the large basin. The lower part is built of more regularly-shaped travertine blocks, while the upper part has blocks of varying dimensions, clearly taken from previous structures. On the basis of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28JV_the-theatre_Denizli.html
In the latest years the theatre continues to represent one of the top priorities for the Italian Mission, that continues the studies and has started important actions of preservation, restoration and presentation of the monument.
The project of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28JT_martyrion-of-st-philip_Denizli.html
The church with an octagon core was built at the beginning of the 5th century on the summit of the hill. This is probably where, according to tradition, the Apostle was martyred. The building has an eight-sided central room surmounted by a wooden …