Verified36.0200° N · 32.8000° E · 5 m
Anemurium — Lower City Tombs Street
Roman to Byzantine (100–600 CE)·Roman Cilician·🇹🇷 Mersin Province, Turkey
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About Anemurium — Lower City Tombs Street
Anemurium — Lower City Tombs Street in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Roman to Byzantine (100–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Roman Cilician. Coastal city with necropolis street 350 m with vaulted tombs, Lower City church mosaics. Russell Anemurium coastal Roman with necropolis 350 barrel-vault tombs.
Why it mattersKey Roman Cilician hill site illustrating Anatolian settlement
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Hellenistic urbanism
- 02Lycian federation cult
Theories
- 01Mountain defensive settlement
- 02Sanctuary federation
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 100 CE
- Period
- Roman to Byzantine (100–600 CE)
- Culture
- Roman Cilician
- Purpose
- Coastal city with necropolis street 350 m with vaulted tombs, Lower City church mosaics
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 100 CE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Systematic survey
On the ground
Structures & features
36.0200° N · 32.8000° E · 5 m · 3 mapped features
Anemurium — Lower City Tombs Street — Theatre / Agora
theatrePublic building
36.0202° N · 32.8001° EAnemurium — Lower City Tombs Street — City Walls
wallsEnclosing walls
36.0198° N · 32.8002° EAnemurium — Lower City Tombs Street — Temple Precinct
templeTemple
36.0204° N · 32.7998° E