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Uzuncaburç(Ura-Diocaesarea)
Silifke's 30 km. to the north, the site of today's Uzuncaburç Village was the site of worship of Olba (Ura) in the Hellenistic Age. Today, Olba is known as Ura, 4 km from Uzuncaburç. It was located in Uzuncaburç, the Temple of Zeus where the people worshiped and it is an important settlement to the east.
However, after the Romans ruled the locality, they gave special importance to the place where the Temple of Zeus was located toward the end of the 1st century AD and separated it from Olba and made it an independent site with the name of Diakaiseria. As a matter of fact, all the architectural constructions except Zeus Temple and city burcu belong to Roman period.
It was also used as a settlement in the Byzantine period.
Diokaiseria, which is connected to Kızkalesi (Korykos) in a stone-paved way on the Olba surrounded by the city walls in antiquity, is the most important structure of the temple and other residences.
Uzuncaburç(Ura-Diocaesarea)
Silifke's 30 km. to the north, the site of today's Uzuncaburç Village was the site of worship of Olba (Ura) in the Hellenistic Age. Today, Olba is known as Ura, 4 km from Uzuncaburç. It was located in Uzuncaburç, the Temple of Zeus where the people worshiped and it is an important settlement to the east.
However, after the Romans ruled the locality, they gave special importance to the place where the Temple of Zeus was located toward the end of the 1st century AD and separated it from Olba and made it an independent site with the name of Diakaiseria. As a matter of fact, all the architectural constructions except Zeus Temple and city burcu belong to Roman period.
It was also used as a settlement in the Byzantine period.
Diokaiseria, which is connected to Kızkalesi (Korykos) in a stone-paved way on the Olba surrounded by the city walls in antiquity, is the most important structure of the temple and other residences.