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Lyrbe f.k.a. Seleucia in Pamphylia

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Of this ancient town mainly the negative is known, i.e. that it used to be (mis)taken for Seleucia in Pamphylia but isn't. An inscription that was found later (written in the language of Side) indicated Lyrbe should be the name, and implied the city was founded before Hellenistic times, which would put its foundation before the 330-30 BC period. The authorities who placed a notice on the site used that name of Lyrbe.
But the discussion went on, and a hypothesis I found is that Seleucia in Pamphylia was built on the site of an older Lyrbe. The site has several well-preserved ruins, the most important of which is the agora, which impressed me a lot. It is a compact set of façades of buildings, some rising high, surrounding an open area, further on some quite big buildings stand alone in the woods. A small temple can also be found. An article I found stated “The visible remains of buildings in Lyrbe come from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.”

I used some notes from a book, Antalya, Side and Alanya: TAN Travel Guide by Izabela Miszczak
Agora
Agora
Lyrbe to west of entrance of agora 4411.jpg
Lyrbe to west of entrance of agora 4411.jpg
Lyrbe southwest corner of agora 4407.jpg
Lyrbe southwest corner of agora 4407.jpg
Lyrbe southwest corner of agora 4408.jpg
Lyrbe southwest corner of agora 4408.jpg
Lyrbe view up to southwest side of agora 4410.jpg
Lyrbe view up to southwest side of agora 4410.jpg
Lyrbe view back to western wall of agora platform 4461.jpg
Lyrbe view back to western wall of agora platform 4461.jpg
Lyrbe to west of western wall of agora platform 4462.jpg
Lyrbe to west of western wall of agora platform 4462.jpg
Lyrbe low area west of west side of agora 4467.jpg
Lyrbe low area west of west side of agora 4467.jpg
Lyrbe looking to northeast back of agora 4487.jpg
Lyrbe looking to northeast back of agora 4487.jpg
Lyrbe looking to northeast back of agora 4488.jpg
Lyrbe looking to northeast back of agora 4488.jpg
Lyrbe Small podium temple 4468.jpg
Lyrbe Small podium temple 4468.jpg
Lyrbe Small podium temple 4469.jpg
Lyrbe Small podium temple 4469.jpg
Lyrbe Small podium temple 4470.jpg
Lyrbe Small podium temple 4470.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4472.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4472.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4473.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4473.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4475.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4475.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4476.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4476.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4477.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4477.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4479.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4479.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4480.jpg
Lyrbe above agora 4480.jpg
Lyrbe below agora 4481.jpg
Lyrbe below agora 4481.jpg
Lyrbe north of agora 4482.jpg
Lyrbe north of agora 4482.jpg
Lyrbe north of agora 4483.jpg
Lyrbe north of agora 4483.jpg
Lyrbe below agora 4485.jpg
Lyrbe below agora 4485.jpg
Lyrbe below agora looking to southwest corner 4492.jpg
Lyrbe below agora looking to southwest corner 4492.jpg
Lyrbe building southwest of agora 4404.jpg
Lyrbe building southwest of agora 4404.jpg
Lyrbe building southwest of agora  4404.jpg
Lyrbe building southwest of agora 4404.jpg
Lyrbe below west side of agora looking up 4406.jpg
Lyrbe below west side of agora looking up 4406.jpg
Lyrbe at city gate 4498.jpg
Lyrbe at city gate 4498.jpg
Lyrbe at city gate 4499.jpg
Lyrbe at city gate 4499.jpg
Lyrbe at city gate 4500.jpg
Lyrbe at city gate 4500.jpg
Lyrbe below southwest corner agora 4490.jpg
Lyrbe below southwest corner agora 4490.jpg
Lyrbe maybe aqueduct or cistern 4486.jpg
Lyrbe maybe aqueduct or cistern 4486.jpg
Lyrbe building far before south gate 4489.jpg
Lyrbe building far before south gate 4489.jpg
Lyrbe unidentified 4387.jpg
Lyrbe unidentified 4387.jpg
Lyrbe building far before south gate 4389.jpg
Lyrbe building far before south gate 4389.jpg
Lyrbe building far before south gate 4391.jpg
Lyrbe building far before south gate 4391.jpg
Lyrbe maybe cistern or grave 4392.jpg
Lyrbe maybe cistern or grave 4392.jpg
Lyrbe maybe cistern or grave 4393.jpg
Lyrbe maybe cistern or grave 4393.jpg
Lyrbe maybe cistern or grave 4394.jpg
Lyrbe maybe cistern or grave 4394.jpg
Lyrbe building before south gate 4395.jpg
Lyrbe building before south gate 4395.jpg
Lyrbe building before south gate 4396.jpg
Lyrbe building before south gate 4396.jpg
Lyrbe building far southwest of agora 4402.jpg
Lyrbe building far southwest of agora 4402.jpg
Lyrbe building far southwest of agora 4403.jpg
Lyrbe building far southwest of agora 4403.jpg
Lyrbe aqueduct 4501.jpg
Lyrbe aqueduct 4501.jpg
Lyrbe aqueduct 4502.jpg
Lyrbe aqueduct 4502.jpg
Lyrbe aqueduct 4508.jpg
Lyrbe aqueduct 4508.jpg
Lyrbe Naras Köprüsü 4509.jpg
Lyrbe Naras Köprüsü 4509.jpg
Lyrbe march 2012 4510.jpg
Lyrbe march 2012 4510.jpg
Lyrbe Naras Köprüsü 4511.jpg
Lyrbe Naras Köprüsü 4511.jpg