<< Our Photo Pages >> Perge - Ancient Village or Settlement in Turkey
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Multi-periodSite Name: Perge Alternative Name: Parha, Parcha, PercheseCountry: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Antalya Nearest Village: Aksu
Latitude: 36.961600N Longitude: 30.853825E
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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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.67 Access: 4.67
Ancient Lukka city originally known as Parha at the time of the Hittites and was inhabited at least around 2000 BCE. These were a seafaring vassal state suspected of later turning on the Hittites around 1200 BCE and devastating the eastern Mediterranean as the Sea People, as noted by the Egyptians.
The later Hellenistic settlement originated at the time of Alexander the Great and was fortified by the Seleucids before reaching its peak under the Romans. The city boasts a tholos, baths, a theatre, a 234 metre stadium, among other ruins.
It is believed that there was also a small Artemis temple, which has not been dugout yet. The acropolis, is however taken up by more recent Byzantine buildings and the older ruins have not been prioritised yet.
More sculpture from Perge on our Antalya Museum page.
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