<< Our Photo Pages >> Olympos - Ancient Village or Settlement in Turkey
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Multi-periodSite Name: OlymposCountry: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 0.253 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kumluca Nearest Village: Cirali
Latitude: 36.394805N Longitude: 30.471430E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Kuba visited on 21st Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 3
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 3 Access: 4
The ancient city of Olympos was founded in the Hellenistic period. It becam one of the leading cities of the Lycian Federation. In the 1st century BCE, Olympos was invaded and settled by Cilician pirates. The main god of the City was Hephaestus the god of blacksmiths and fire. The ancient site of Chimaera lies nearby.
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