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 Olba - Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburc)  162 pictures
 6.32 minutes HQ video The site is located 30 km north of Silifke. It is reached through valleys and forests. This site originally the Zeus cult center, was separated by Romans from the Hellenistic city of Olba and was given a city state status with a new name Diocaesarea in 72 A.D. Being one of the religious centers of the Hellenistic era, in the entrance to it there is a theatre dating back to the Roman period, and around it there is a holy road with ancient remains. All the 36 columns of the Zeus Olbios Temple, which is 2,300 years old, surrounded by high walls and with a vast courtyard, are intact. At the end of the holy road is a temple built for Tyche (Fortuna), the goddess of success and good luck. The City Gate which has a monumental character was constructed with cut stones. Olba  Temple of Zeus Olbios  The temple was erected in the reign of Seleukos, in the 3rd century B.C. According to legend, it was founded by Ajax, one of the Greek heroes of the Trojan War. The temple is a peripteros with 6 x 12 columns of the Corinthian order. Colonnaded Street The main road of the city, leading in an east-west direction from the vicinity of the theater to the Tychaion. Tower A structure from the Hellenistic period, 22.50 meters high. City Gateway  The Tychaion (Tychaeum)  This building is a Corinthian temple, dating from the beginning of the 1st century A.D., and dedicated to the goddess of good fortune. Mausoleum  This structure is located on a southern hill from Olba. Theater  A Roman theater. Monumental Arch Nymphaeum
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