- Geyre
Geyre is the ruins of the ancient city
Aphrodisias in the province of Aydın. It is a popular tourist attraction for Turkish people.General Information
Altitude: 1800ftPopulation: 1,000Province: Aydın
ituation
Geyre is the ruins of Aphrodisias southwest of Denizli.
History
Geyre was settled in the fourth millennium B.C.
Bronze Age pottery suggests that it used to be a trading post at one point during the Hittite period. In the Early Christian-Byzantine era the town was first a bishopric and then the seat of the Metropolitan Bishop of Caria; it was also rechristened Stavropolis. Despite having its fortifications strengthened in the latter part of the seventh century, in the eighth and ninth centuries the town succumbed to the Arabs.See also
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Aydın Province
*Turkey
*Aphrodisias External links
* [http://www.planetware.com/turkey/geyre-aphrodisias-afrodisias-tr-ay-ap.htm]
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