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Surroundings:

Apollo Temple, SideTemple of ApolloThe restored Temple of ApolloTemple of ApolloTemple of ApolloTemple of AthenaSide, AgoraSide, Roman Officials` Statue of the III c. AD. [1]Side, Roman Officials` Statue of the III c. AD. [1]Side, Roman Officials` Statue of the III c. AD. [2,3]Roman theatre at SideSide. StoaTemple of Dionysus in SideTemple of Tyche in SideCity Gate and Vespasian's Monument in SideSide, Vespasian Monument and city gateAgora of SideBaths in SideHouse with peristyle, SideHospital from the VI th century. Side, TurkeyNymphaeum of SideSide aqueductNaras Bridge

Location:

  • Türkiye, Side
  • geo:36.764225,31.388075
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 2xx / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=29252

Annotations

The temple dedicated to Men, an Anatolian Moon-god was erected in the third century AD. Its architecture is completely different than the classical Greek temples of Apollo and Athena. It consists of a semicircular chamber open to the west to which led ceremonial stairs.1

Sources:

  1. George E. Bean, Turkey`s Southern Shore 2nd ed. , John Murray Ltd, London 1989, p. 60, 71

 

References


Nearby

Basilica at Side

Byzantine three-apse basilica.

Side Temple of Apollo

Side Temple of Apollo

Temple of Athena, Side

Temple of Athena


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