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Surroundings:

Attalea, Christian BasilicaAttalea, city walls.Attalea XIX century, Ancient wallsAttalea XIX century, Ancient walls - WatchtowerAttalea XIX century drawing, Hadrian`s GateHadrian`s Gate. ArchHadrian`s GateHadrians GateHadrian`s Gate, Base of the archHadrians GateHadrianstor - AntalyaHadrianstor - AntalyaHadrian`s GateRoman bridge, ArapsuyuRoman bridge across the Arapsu stream, AntalyaRoman bridge across the Arapsu stream, Antalya

Location:

  • Türkiye, Kaleici
  • geo:36.881248,30.703671
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 1xx / unknown

Class:

  • Watchtower
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Roman period tower of the II.nd century AD. Originally built on a square plan and shortly rebuilded. This two storey building is almost 14 (13,7) meters high. George E. Bean rejects sugestion that it could be lighthouse or defensive tower. He regards the form of the roud tower on the square base, whuch is characteristic of stately type of Roman tomb or mausoleum. Besides, the bundle of rods- fasces, which were the symbol of office of a Roman consul, without which the consul never appeared in public, suggests that it was the tomb of a Roman authority figure - consul or senator1

Sorces:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%B1d%C4%B1rl%C4%B1k_Tower
  2. George E. Bean, Turkey`s Southern Shore 2nd ed., John Murray Ltd, London 1989, p.21-24
  3. Karl  Lanckoroński,  Städte Pamphyliens und Pisidiens (Band 1): Pamphylien, Wien, 1890

References

  1. George E. Bean, Turkey`s Southern Shore 2nd ed., John Murray Ltd, London 1989, p. 22

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%B1d%C4%B1rl%C4%B1k_Tower


Nearby

Attalia - Antalya

lat.:Attalea. Fifth century christian basilica converted int mosque. Nowaday in ruin.

Alanya

Milestone

Adaleia

The Lighthouse


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