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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pessinous - Ancient Temple in Turkey

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 07 October 2007  Page Views: 4992

Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Pessinous Alternative Name: Pessinus
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 42.883 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Sivrihisar  Nearest Village: Ballihisar
Latitude: 39.331459N  Longitude: 31.583267E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Pessinous submitted by davidmorgan : Pessinous is currently being excavated by a team from the University of Melbourne. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Eskişehir Province, Turkey

Ancient Phrygian city, famous for the worship of Kybele, which then became a Hellenistic city and part of the Roman empire.

There are remains of a Corinthian temple measuring 24 metres by 14 metres which had 11 by 6 columns.
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Pessinous
Pessinous submitted by davidmorgan : The temple. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pessinous submitted by davidmorgan : Stairs leading up to the temple. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pessinous
Pessinous submitted by davidmorgan : Panoramic view of the extremely ruined theatre at Pessinous. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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