Aspendos
Serik, Turkey
Aspendos, 45 km east of Antalya, has the best-preserved Roman theatre in the world, built around AD 155 by the local…
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Best Roman ruins in Turkey
Most of Turkey's great ancient cities began as Greek foundations, so the sites listed here as Roman are the works of the empire itself: theatres, aqueducts and mosaics.
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Aqueduct of Valens
Istanbul, Turkey
The Aqueduct of Valens is the great two-tiered stone and brick bridge that strides across central Istanbul, completed…
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Incekaya Aqueduct
Safranbolu, Turkey
The Incekaya Aqueduct is a stone bridge of six arches spanning the Tokatli Canyon about 7 km north of Safranbolu,…
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Sobesos
Ürgüp, Turkey
Sobesos is a small late Roman and early Byzantine town in southern Cappadocia, found by chance in 2002 near the village…
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Aspendos, east of Antalya, has the best-preserved Roman theatre in the world, its stage wall standing to full height; the Aqueduct of Valens strides across central Istanbul on two tiers; Sobesos, in southern Cappadocia, keeps colourful late Roman mosaic floors under a protective roof; the İncekaya Aqueduct near Safranbolu, rebuilt in the 1790s on an older line, carries a narrow path across a canyon. Visit Aspendos at opening or in its last two hours, in spring or October.