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Partially excavated temple complexes matching “Mersin Province”

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Claudiopolis — Mut Plateau Temple

Roman (Claudian 41–54 CE) · Roman Cilician

Claudiopolis — Mut Plateau Temple in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Roman (Claudian 41–54 CE) temple-complex attributed to Roman Cilician.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) — Olba Zeus Temple

Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–500 CE) · Seleucid / Olba priest-kings

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.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Olba and Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç)

Hellenistic to Byzantine (c.300 BCE–600 CE) · Seleucid priest-kings → Isaurian → Roman Cilician

Priest-kingdom Olba with colossal Zeus temple (five columns 11 m) and Diocaesarea colonnaded sacred way.