Pamphylia
Pamphylia shaped Mediterranean between c. 1000 BCE, 300 CE. Its cities, monuments and inscriptions are part of Türkiye’s layered heritage; the sites below show where to see its legacy.
Pamphylia
Pamphylia was the broad coastal plain east of Lycia, between the Taurus mountains and the Mediterranean. Its cities, including Perge, Side, Aspendos and Sillyon, combined Anatolian and Greek traditions; their names and legends often claim Greek founders while local sanctuaries and languages remained important. Perge has a monumental gate, colonnaded street and stadium; Aspendos preserves one of the best Roman theatres in the world; Side's harbour, temples and theatre show a wealthy Roman city. The plain's rivers and harbours made it a trading gateway, but silt and earthquakes changed the coastline. Pamphylian inscriptions and coins, together with the Roman buildings, make the region one of the clearest places to see how a local Anatolian landscape became part of the Greco-Roman world.
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