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<< Our Photo Pages >> Aizanoi - Ancient Village or Settlement in Turkey

Submitted by AlexHunger on Wednesday, 28 March 2007  Page Views: 5337

Multi-periodSite Name: Aizanoi Alternative Name: Aydinkent
Country: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kutahya  Nearest Village: Cavdarhisar
Latitude: 39.201186N  Longitude: 29.609627E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
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davidmorgan visited on 19th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Wonderful basement under the temple.

Aizanoi
Aizanoi submitted by davidmorgan : The Temple of Zeus. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Settlement in Kutahya Province, Turkey

Ancient Town which boasts a Temple of Zeus as well as a stadium and a theatre.

The temple measures 36 metres by 21 metres and had 15 by 8 Ionic columns, of which some of the interior and 16 columns survive.
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Aizanoi
Aizanoi submitted by davidmorgan : Panoramic view of the theatre. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aizanoi
Aizanoi submitted by davidmorgan : The Temple of Zeus. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Aizanoi submitted by davidmorgan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aizanoi
Aizanoi submitted by davidmorgan : The Roman Macellum or market place. Built in the second half of the 2nd century CE. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Aizanoi
Aizanoi submitted by davidmorgan : The Colonnaded Street. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aizanoi
Aizanoi submitted by davidmorgan : The ruined theatre with the stadium behind.

Aizanoi
Aizanoi submitted by davidmorgan : Beneath the Temple of Zeus.

Aizanoi
Aizanoi submitted by davidmorgan : The Temple of Zeus.

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Re: Aizanoi by davidmorgan on Sunday, 14 June 2020
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Some nice photos of the Temple of Zeus lit up at night in Hürriyet Daily News.
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Archaelogist hope to unerarth new artifacts in Turkey's Aizanoi by coldrum on Monday, 30 August 2010
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Archaelogist hope to unerarth new artifacts in Turkey's Aizanoi

Aizanoi, dating back to 3000 B.C., experienced its golden age in the second and third centuries A.D. and became the center of episcopacy in the Byzantine era
Monday, 16 August 2010 14:29



Archaeologists began this year's excavations at ancient site of Aizanoi, in western Turkey, where they hope to find new early Roman-era artifacts around the temple of Zeus.

Professor Ralf Von den Hoff, head of the excavation team from Germany's Freiburg University, said that his team --comprised of German, Turkish and Italian architects, archaeologists and historians-- planned to work until the end of September this year.

Aizanoi is located in Cavdarhisar town, some 50 kilometers from the western province of Kutahya.

Professor Hoff said that this year's work would focus on restoration of the ancient temple together with excavations at the site.

Excavations will center on the canal discovered at the ancient city three years ago, he said.

Aizanoi, dating back to 3000 B.C., experienced its golden age in the second and third centuries A.D. and became the center of episcopacy in the Byzantine era. The city is home to the temple built for Zeus which is the best-preserved temple in all of Anatolia. There is also a 20,000-seat theater and a 13,500-seat stadium adjacent to the large theater.

There are two Turkish-style baths, one of them decorated with mosaics, plus a gymnasium, five bridges on Kocacay river which are still used today, an old dam, a trading building, avenues with columns on both sides, necropolis (cemetery) areas and the sacred cave of goddess Meter Steunene.

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