UNESCO World Heritage · Caria

The marble city of the goddess of love

The most magnificent surviving witness to a two-thousand-year-old tradition of sculpture stands upon the very soil where it was excavated.

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The marble city of the goddess of love
VISITING HOURS08:30 – 19:00 ENTRANCEMuseum Pass Accepted LOCATIONGeyre Mah., Karacasu / Aydın

Ancient City

Structures

All structures
Temple Area The Tetrapylon of Aphrodisias Aphrodisias City Walls and the Temple of Aphrodite Aphrodisias Museum Aphrodisias Stadium Baths of Hadrian The Agora of Aphrodisias, the Portico of Tiberius, and the Agora Gate The Aphrodisias Odeon, Council House, and Bishop’s Palace The Monumental Tomb and Bishop’s Palace Around the Odeon The Portico of Tiberius and the Agora Gate

City Plan

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  1. 1 Aphrodisias City Walls and the Temple of Aphrodite 4th c. AD
  2. 2 Aphrodisias Museum
  3. 3 Aphrodisias Stadium 1st c. AD
  4. 4 Baths of Hadrian 2nd c. AD
  5. 5 The Agora of Aphrodisias, the Portico of Tiberius, and the Agora Gate 1st c. AD
  6. 6 The Aphrodisias Odeon, Council House, and Bishop’s Palace 2nd c. AD
  7. 7 The Monumental Tomb and Bishop’s Palace Around the Odeon 2nd c. AD
  8. 8 The Portico of Tiberius and the Agora Gate 1st c. AD

The Story of the City

Timeline

  1. 2nd century BC The founding of the city
  2. 1st century AD The construction of the Sebasteion
  3. 2nd and 3rd centuries AD The pinnacle of the school of sculpture
  4. 1961 The commencement of systematic excavations
  5. 2017 UNESCO World Heritage List
30.000
Personality stadium
65
Annual excavation
12.000+
Registered work
152
Area in hectares
Sebasteion Kabartmaları 36

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Zoilos relief

Sebasteion Reliefs

Type
Relief
Findspot
Sebasteion
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Getting Here

How to get there

Address
Geyre Mah., Karacasu / Aydın

Aydın · 110 km, 1 hr 40 min

Denizli · 100 km, 1 hr 30 min

Izmir · 210 km, 2 hr 30 min

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