Antioch of Pisidia

  • The Ruins of Antioch of Pisidia are located near the town of Yalvac in the Mediterranean Coast Region of southern Turkey.
  • Under the Romans it became Colonia Caesarea and was located in the Province of Galatia. One of the three surviving copies of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti is held in the Augustaeum.

Roman Sites

  • Western Gate (base of the Arch only)
  • Decumanus Maximus and Cardo Maximus (The Roman Roads)
  • Roman Theatre (base seats only)
  • Tiberia Platea (Tiberias Square) street complex
  • The Waterfall (series of stone water tanks)
  • Nymphaeum (base of the sanctuary, water reservoir and line of the Aqueduct)
  • Northern Church (base)
  • Propylon (only 12 steps remain)
  • Augustaeum (base)
  • Roman Baths (walls)
  • Great Basilica or Church of St. Paul (base)
  • Site of the Stadium (outline)
  • Site of the Sanctuary of Men Askaenos (unexcavated)

Museums

  • Yalvac Museum
    • Located in Gorguota, Yalvac.
    • The museum holds the Finds from the Excavations of Antioch of Pisidia.

Roman Roads

 

 

Antioch of Pisidia

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