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Anavarza (Anazarbos) Ancient City

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Anavarza (Anazarbos) Ancient City

Kozan, Adana

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One of the most impressive ancient cities of Cilicia, with its triumphal arch, colonnaded street, mosaics and castle on a rocky hill.

Safety warning

The climb to the castle is via steep rock stairs; in the summer heat, go early in the morning.

Its story

Anazarbos was a large city that competed with Tarsus to be the capital of Cilicia in the Roman period. The remains of a three-arched triumphal arch, a long colonnaded street, baths and aqueducts are spread across the plain. On the sheer rock above the city is a castle fortified in the period of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The medical writer Dioscorides is also known to have come from here.

Key facts

Admission
Free/open site (varies during excavation periods)
Getting there
Kozan, Dilekkaya neighborhood, ~30 km from Ceyhan
Visit duration
2–3 hours

Trip purpose

  • Photography
  • Hiking

Location

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37.25600, 35.90000

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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anazarbus | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219525