Syedra
Coordinates: 36 ° 26 ' N , 32 ° 9' E
Syedra (Greek: Σύεδρα) was an ancient city in the "rough" Cilicia ( Kilikia Tracheia ) on the south coast of Asia Minor , 18 kilometers southeast of Alanya , 24 kilometers northwest of Selinus , today's Gazipaşa in Turkey ; today Asar Tepe .
In the middle of the 1st century BC First mentioned in literature and counted as part of Cilicia, Syedra has belonged to the province of Pamphylia since Tiberius at the latest after a phase of unclear rulership .
The ruins of the city lie on a high hilltop over the coast. The architecture consists of quarry stone masonry that was previously covered with lime plaster. On the rock terraces, the buildings are staggered along narrow alleys that run parallel to the slopes or stairs.
In the center there is a colonnade street parallel to the slope with granite columns. The public buildings include a secular basilica and a thermal bath, as well as a natural rock cave that was used as a spring house . Several large cisterns were fed from this . There are also remains of late antique fortification walls. So far only one early Byzantine church has been documented, with a small central Byzantine church as a subsequent use. The imperial necropolis is located southwest of the city .
literature
- Elisabeth Rosenbaum ; Gerhard Huber; Somay Onurkan: A survey of coastal cities in Western Cilicia. Preliminary report . Ankara 1967. pp. 44-47. 65-66.
- Gerhard Huber: Syedra . Indicator of the phil.-hist. Class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 129 (1992) pp. 28-78.
- Gerhard Huber: More about Syedra . Indicator of the phil.-hist. Class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 138 (2003) pp. 148–165.
- Hansgerd Hellenkemper , Friedrich Hild , Lycia and Pamphylia , Tabula Imperii Byzantini 8th Vienna 2004. ISBN 3-7001-3280-8 . Pp. 866-869.