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...About 35 km. along
the Antalya-Alanya highway, you turn north and continue
8 km. until Sillyon is reached. It was built on an
ellipse-shaped table-like plateau rising above the
flat plain. Due to its location the surrounding areas
can easily be seen, and in fact the view stretches
as far as the Mediterranean. It was settled in the
4th century B.C. and it lived not only through the
Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods, but was
also used by the Seljuks who also added buildings
and increased its wealth. Some of its interesting
sights are the stadium, gymnasium, turrets, Seljuk
mosque, the theater whose proscenium is buried under
rocks, and the sports arena.
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