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Multi-periodSite Name: Castabala Alternative Name: Kastabala, Hieropolis ad PyramumCountry: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 6.171 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Osmaniye Nearest Village: Kesmeburun
Latitude: 37.176597N Longitude: 36.186422E
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 |
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Ancient Settlement in Osmaniye Province, Turkey
First mentioned as a fortified settlement where Alexander the Great stayed before the Battle of Issus (333 BCE). It was briefly the capital of an independent state before its absorption into the Roman Empire in the early 1st century CE.
The remains include a 200 metre long colonnaded street, a theatre and a very ruined temple of Artemis Perasia.
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