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Egil
Egil is identified as Carcathiocerta, the former capital of the ancient Armenian kingdom of Sophene. The most impressive remains are on the citadel which lies high above the river Tigris on a plateau formed by the river.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Armenian, Byzantine, Citadel, Defensive Network, Fortifications, Late Antique, Roman, Turkey
Amida/Diyarbakir Citadel
The citadel occupies the northeast corner of Diyarbakir's defensive perimeter. The defences consist of a large wall joining the north and east sections of the city wall enclosing an area between the walls in which the fortified citadel mound lies.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Byzantine, Defensive Network, Fortifications, Medieval, Ottoman, Roman, Turkey
Amida/Diyarbakir's South Wall and Mardin Gate
The well preserved southern section of Diyarbakir's very impressive ancient defences and the Mardin gate. The fortifications have been substantially modified and repaired over the centuries.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Byzantine, Defensive Network, Fortifications, Gate, Medieval, Roman, Turkey
Eski Kale
A large rocky outcrop to the south-east of Mardin, Eski Kale has clearly seen a lot of human activity over the centuries. The village below bears the name of the castle.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Cistern, Defensive Network, Fortifications, Turkey
Mardin Citadel
With commanding views of the Mesopotamian plain to the south the development of this large rock outcrop into a military site seems obvious. So much so that it is still occupied as a base of the Turkish Commandos and is therefore off limits to the public.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Citadel, Defensive Network, Fortifications, Medieval, Turkey
Basilica, Aspendos
Built in the 3rd century AD the substantial Basilica at Aspendos was positioned atop the acropolis plateau of the city where many of the city's other important buildings were situated.
South Basilica, Side
Situated towards the southernmost point of the peninsular that Side occupies this Basilica was built in the 5th century AD usurping and partly building over the sites of the older Temples Apollo and Athena. The large basilica was destroyed in the 7th century and a smaller church was built within.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Basilica, Byzantine, Church, Late Antique, Roman, Turkey
Late Antique Walls, Side
In Late Antiquity the city of Side had a much shorter, strategic line of defences built within its original line of Hellenic walls. These new defences incorporated the theatre as part of the defensive line. The triumphal arch attached to the theatre also became part of the defences and the arch's aperture was significantly reduced. The new defences were built primarily of spolia looted from derelict or abandoned buildings in and around the city. The clearest evidence of spolia use in the walls can be seen in the use of column drums usually included to add strength to the walls by tying the two outer faces together. The last image, in the background, behind the building covered in scaffolding (The temple of Tyche), shows the late antique part of the wall in front of the theatre.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Fortifications, Late Antique, Military Architecture, Turkey
Martyrium of St Phillip, Hierapolis
This church on the hills above and north of the city proper of Hierapolis is believed to be the martyrium where the remains of St Phillip were interred.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Church, Late Antique, Martyrium, Turkey
Temple of Aphrodite/Christian Basilica, Aphrodisias
Begun in the 1st century the construction of the Temple of Aphrodite was paid for by Aphrodisias’ most famous and wealthy citizen, Zoilos. In the 2nd century AD the temple had a colonnaded courtyard enclosure built around it. Around 500 AD the temple was converted into a Basilica church and was extensively rebuilt and remodelled into a building much larger than the original temple.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Basilica, Church, Greek, Late Antique, Roman, Temple, Turkey