Aspendos
Aspendos or Aspendus was an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya province of Turkey. The site is located 40 km east of the modern city of Antalya. It was situated on the Eurymedon River about 16 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea; it shared a border with, and was hostile to, the ancient city of Side.Photo: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Theatre and Aqueduct.
Theatre
Photo: Nicola Feola, CC BY 3.0.
The Roman theatre of Aspendos is a Roman theatre in the ancient city of Aspendos in Turkey. It was built in the 2nd century and is one of the best preserved ancient theaters of the Greco-Roman world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarıabalı and Çakış.
Sarıabalı
Village
Sarıabalı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Serik, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,062.
Çakış
Village
Çakış is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Manavgat, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,820.
Belkıs
Village
Belkıs is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Serik, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,564. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Belkıs is situated 3 km southwest of Aspendos.
Aspendos
- Type: Ruin
- Description: ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya province of Turkey
- Categories: ancient city, archaeological site, polis, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Serik, Antalya Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Aspendos” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Aspendos-teater”
- Afrikaans: “Aspendos”
- Afrikaans: “Aspendus”
- Armenian: “Ասպենդոս”
- Azerbaijani: “Aspendos”
- Basque: “Aspendos”
- Catalan: “Aspendios”
- Catalan: “Aspendos”
- Catalan: “Aspendus”
- Chinese: “阿斯潘多斯”
- Czech: “Aspendos”
- Dutch: “Aspendos”
- Dutch: “Aspendus”
- Esperanto: “Aspendos”
- Finnish: “Aspendos”
- French: “Aspende”
- French: “Aspendos”
- German: “Aspendos”
- German: “Estwedys”
- German: “Primoupolis”
- Greek: “Άσπενδος”
- Greek: “Πριμόπολις”
- Hebrew: “אספנדוס”
- Hungarian: “Aszpendosz”
- Italian: “Aspendo”
- Japanese: “アスペンドス”
- Latin: “Aspendus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aspendos”
- Norwegian: “Aspendos”
- Persian: “آسپندوس”
- Polish: “Aspendos”
- Portuguese: “Aspendo”
- Portuguese: “Aspendos”
- Romanian: “Aspendos”
- Russian: “Аспендос”
- Serbian: “Аспендос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aspend”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aspendos”
- Spanish: “Aspendo”
- Swedish: “Aspendos”
- Swedish: “Aspendus”
- Turkish: “Aspendos”
- Ukrainian: “Аспендос”
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