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Surroundings:

Göllüdağ Neo-Hittite SettlementGöllüdağ LionsGöllüdağ LionsGöllüdağ LionsGöllüdağ LionEnegup, underground city

Location:

  • Türkiye, Kömürcü
  • geo:38.259739,34.550674
  • Location uncertain

Period or year:

  • -800~ / unknown

Class:

  • Building (other)
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=29091

Annotations

Göllüdağ is a large fortified settlement of Neo-Hittite period. It is located in a natural defensive site on a mountain top (2172 m.)and  right next to the crater lake of the inactive volcano.The settlement dates back to the VIIIth century BC [http://www.hittitemonuments.com/golludag/index.htm] .

See:

  1. NİĞDE İL KÜLTÜR VE TURİZM MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ-https://nigde.ktb.gov.tr/TR-74408/oren-yerleri.html

Nearby

Göllüdağ (near Kömürcü Köyü)

Fortified mountain top (2172 m.) settlement of Neo-Hittite period.

Göllüdağ Lions

Two large portal lions, known as the Göllüdağ Lions.


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