Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) — Olba Zeus Temple
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–500 CE)·Seleucid / Olba priest-kings·🇹🇷 Mersin Province, Turkey
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About Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) — Olba Zeus Temple
Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) — Olba Zeus Temple in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–500 CE) temple-complex attributed to Seleucid / Olba priest-kings. Hellenistic Zeus temple 21 × 13 m peripteral Corinthian on Uzuncaburç colonnade street. Keil Uzuncaburç Olba Hellenistic sanctuary with colonnade street 400 m and Tyche temple.
Why it mattersKey Seleucid / Olba priest-kings 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. 300 BCE Zeus Olbios
- Period
- Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Seleucid / Olba priest-kings
- Purpose
- Hellenistic Zeus temple 21 × 13 m peripteral Corinthian on Uzuncaburç colonnade street
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 300 BCE Zeus Olbios
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Systematic survey
On the ground
Structures & features
36.5800° N · 33.9300° E · 1200 m · 3 mapped features
Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) — Olba Zeus Temple — Main Temple
templeMain pronaos and cella
36.5802° N · 33.9301° EDiocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) — Olba Zeus Temple — Stoa / Street
stoaColonnaded avenue
36.5798° N · 33.9302° EDiocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) — Olba Zeus Temple — Sanctuary Annex
annexAnnex shrine
36.5804° N · 33.9298° E