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Kadifekale and Ancient Mount Pagos: History, Highlights and Visitor Guide
See İzmir from ancient Mount Pagos, where surviving walls, Byzantine rebuilding and the commanding gulf view explain Smyrna's hilltop defence.
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Ayasuluk Hill and Selçuk Castle: History, Highlights and Visitor Guide
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Temple of Artemis: History, Highlights and Visitor Guide
Stand at the marshy sanctuary of Artemis near Selçuk and reconstruct one of the Ancient World's Seven Wonders from a…
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Çukuriçi Mound: History, Highlights and Visitor Guide
Look beyond classical Ephesus to Çukuriçi Höyük, where Neolithic and Early Bronze Age communities extend the region's settlement story back…
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Yassıtepe Mound: History, Highlights and Visitor Guide
Understand Yassıtepe as part of Bornova's prehistoric settlement network, preserving layers from the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age within modern…
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Yeşilova Mound: History, Highlights and Visitor Guide
Meet İzmir's earliest known settled communities at Yeşilova Höyük, where houses, courtyards, tools and environmental change reveal Neolithic life.
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Gryneion Ancient City: History, Highlights and Visitor Guide
Explore the coastal setting of Gryneion, a small Aeolian city remembered for Apollo's sanctuary, its harbour and a violent turning…
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Myrina Ancient City: History, Highlights and Visitor Guide
Discover Myrina through the terracotta figurines that made its workshops famous, while understanding why little monumental architecture survives on the…
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Kyme Ancient City: History, Highlights and Visitor Guide
Meet Kyme, the major Aeolian harbour at Nemrut Bay, through its agora, waterfront structures, coinage and archaeology beside modern industry.
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Larisa Ancient City: History, Highlights and Visitor Guide
Explore the hilltop remains of Larisa near Buruncuk, an Aeolian stronghold whose terraces and architecture overlook the broad Gediz plain.