Nature
Ağlayan Kaya (Weeping Rock, Niobe Rock)
Şehzadeler, Manisa
A rock formation at the foot of Spil Dağı likened to the face of a weeping woman and associated with the legend of Niobe.
Its story
In the Çaybaşı neighborhood, a rock face at the edge of Spil Dağı resembles, from a distance, the silhouette of a woman with her head bowed. According to Greek mythology, Niobe, who boasted of her fourteen children, wept without ceasing when she lost them to Apollo and Artemis, the children of Leto, and the gods turned her to stone on Sipylos. For this reason, the water seeping from the rock is popularly likened to Niobe's tears.
Key facts
- Location
- Çaybaşı neighborhood, foot of Spil Dağı
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
- Hiking
Location
38.60538, 27.42391
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117037173 | https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C4%9Flayan_Kaya | https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niobe