The Walls of Herakleia – toldinstone

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Mount Latmos

Another view of the mountain

The moonscape around Kapıkırı

The road to Kapıkırı

Kapıkırı

Another view of Kapıkırı

The Temple of Athena

Another view of the Temple of Athena

A well-preserved market building in the former agora of Herakleia

Carian-style (rock-cut) tombs outside Kapıkırı

More Carian-style tombs

The ruins of a Byzantine fortress just outside Kapıkırı

The Walls of Herakleia

Note the steps cut into the rock to support the walls' foundations

Climbing up to the citadel...

Looking down from the citadel

The highest part of the walls

Practicalities

Kapıkırı is a 20 minute drive from the coastal highway (D525). The village has several excellent pensions, and makes a convenient base for visiting the many other ancient sites in Caria and southern Ionia.

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Bibliography

George Bean, Aegean Turkey (London, 1966), 211-16

M. L. MacDonald, “Herakleia under Latmos” in R. Stillwell et al. (eds.), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (Princeton, 1976)

Anneliese Peschlow, Herakleia am Latmos. Stadt und Umgebung; eine karische Gebirgslandschaft (Istanbul, 2005)