DENİZLİ TRIPOLIS ÖRENYERİvisitor guide.

DENİZLİ TRIPOLIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE Archaeological excavations and research at the ancient city of Tripolis continue under the direction of Prof. Dr. Bahadır Duman on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Pamukkale University by decision of the Council of Ministers. Investigations are generously supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums, Denizli Governorship, Pamukkale University, Turkish Historical Society, İŞKUR, Denizli Metropolitan Municipality, and Buldan Municipality. From 2012 to the present, excavations and restorations of numerous monumental public and domestic structures located in the city center—such as the Residential Area, Church, Colonnaded Street, Monumental Fountain, Main Street, Vaulted Building, Podia Building, Agora, Arched Building, Tabernae, and Sanctuary—have been completed. The ancient city of Tripolis is situated within the boundaries of Yenicekent Neighborhood, Buldan District, Denizli Province, in Inner Western Anatolia. Spanning an area of approximately 3 square kilometers on the southern slope of a hill dominating the Lykos (Çürüksu) Valley at its northwestern tip, the city encompasses remarkable civic and public architectural remains. Archaeological surveys conducted at Hamambükü and Yenice/Akkaya mounds located east and southeast of the city demonstrate that human settlement traces at Tripolis date back to the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic periods. The foremost factor showing that Tripolis occupied a vital strategic and geopolitical position in the Lydia region stems from its location along major commercial crossroads. Two major thoroughfares originating in Pergamon and Smyrna joined at Sardis, reaching Tripolis via Philadelphia, continuing past Hierapolis and Laodicea into central Anatolia. This trade artery preserved Tripolis's preeminence across ages. First entering history in the Hellenistic era under the name Apollonia, the city was briefly called Antoniopolis following Mark Antony's visit to Asia Minor in 41 BC. Across all numismatic finds minted during the Augustan Era discovered in excavations, the city's name is inscribed as Tripolis. The Çürüksu Valley, encompassing Tripolis, consisted of independent city-states until the Battle of Magnesia fought between the Seleucids and Pergamon Kingdom in 190 BC. Having won the war with Roman backing, the Pergamon Kingdom took over regional control via the Treaty of Apamea signed in 188 BC. Following the death and testamentary bequest of Pergamon King Attalus III in 133 BC, the region was annexed to the Roman Empire. Included in the Conventus of Sardis during the Roman Imperial period, the city appears among cities comprising the Conventus of Apamea under the Flavian Dynasty. Founded in the Hellenistic era, restructuring from the 2nd century AD onward brought major public buildings such as a stadium, theater, baths, city gates, thoroughfares, and council chamber. Alternating between Byzantines and Turks from the first half of the 13th century, a treaty was signed here in 1243 AD between Nicaean Emperor John Doukas Vatatzes and Seljuk Sultan Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev II. Turkish sovereignty was established in 1304–1306 under İnançoğulları and Germiyanoğulları, passing under Ottoman control in 1429. DOWNLOAD MUSEUM BROCHURE NEARBY MUSEUMS DENİZLİ HIERAPOLIS (PAMUKKALE) SITE DENİZLİ HIERAPOLIS ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM LAODICEA SITE DENİZLİ ATATÜRK AND ETHNOGRAPHY MUSEUM MILETUS SITE DENİZLİ CITY MUSEUM