Uzuncaburç - Diocaesarea
Temple of Zeus Olbius
The remote village of Uzuncaburç
is located high in the Taurus Mountains at about 28 km from Silifke. Once
it was the ancient temple-city of Olbia also called Olba and was a centre
of worship to Zeus Olbius. This site, originally the Zeus Cult
Centre, was separated by the Romans from the Hellenistic city of Olba and
was given a city-state status with a new name Diocaesarea in 72 AD.
The Zeus temple, high tower, and
mausoleum date from the Hellenistic Olba kingdom while the city gatge,
colonnaded street, fountain, and temple of Tyche are from the Roman
period. There are no remarkable remains from Byzantine churches. The
necropolis was in both Roman and Byzantine periods.
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