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

Submitted by davidmorgan on Saturday, 05 November 2011  Page Views: 3622

Multi-periodSite Name: Sobessos
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 34.987 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Nevşehir  Nearest Village: Şahinefendi
Latitude: 38.464090N  Longitude: 34.965917E
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.
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
5

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Sobessos
Sobessos submitted by davidmorgan : The meeting hall. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Nevşehir Province, Turkey.

Originally a Roman settlement from the 4th century CE. An extensive bath house and meeting hall have been excavated. A later 6th century chapel was constructed on top of the mosaics in the meeting hall.
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Sobessos
Sobessos submitted by PAB : Bath house, showing the heating system! Oct 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sobessos
Sobessos submitted by PAB : Sobessos. This photo was taken 2 years before David's - it looks from his as if the site is now protected rather more than when we were there, perhaps with more active excavation. Oct 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sobessos
Sobessos submitted by PAB : Sobessos city. Oct 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sobessos
Sobessos submitted by PAB : Sobessos, general view. Visit and photo: Oct 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sobessos
Sobessos submitted by davidmorgan : Part of the bath house. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sobessos
Sobessos submitted by davidmorgan : The crudely constructed chapel on the fine Roman mosaics.

Sobessos
Sobessos submitted by PAB : Sobessos. Information board, in Turkish, English and French. Oct 2009

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