Uzuncaburç Archaeological Sitevisitor guide.

Mersin's most significant and exceptionally preserved historical ruins are located in the town of Uzuncaburç, 30 km north of Silifke. In the Hellenistic era, today's settlement of Uzuncaburç was the principal sanctuary of the Olba Kingdom, centered 4 km to the east (Ura). In Roman times, under Emperor Vespasian in 72 AD, it separated from Olba to become Diocaesarea ('City of God-Emperor'), an autonomous city-state minting its own coinage. The Temple of Zeus, high tower, and pyramidal-roofed monumental tomb date to the Seleucid Hellenistic era; the colonnaded street, theater, ceremonial gateway, fountain, Temple of Tyche, and Triumphal Arch date from the Roman Imperial period. DOWNLOAD MUSEUM BROCHURE NEARBY MUSEUMS MERSİN MAIDEN'S CASTLE SİLİFKE ATATÜRK HOUSE AND ETHNOGRAPHY MUSEUM AYATEKLA SITE SİLİFKE MUSEUM SİLİFKE NARLIKUYU MOSAIC MUSEUM CENNET-CEHENNEM SITE