Modern Description:
In 1892, a French research expedition, led by Victor Bérard, made a groundbreaking discovery in the ruined city. They found the inscription which allowed the identification of this place as ancient Ariassos. However, the city had to wait nearly a hundred years, until 1988, for a systematic examination. Then it became of interest to the participants of an international research programme - Pisidia Survey Project, aimed at creating documentation of ancient cities in Pisidia. Works in Ariassos were conducted under the leadership of Dr. Stephen Mitchell of Swansea University in the UK. His team created a plan for the entire settlement and identified the remains of the most important public buildings, including - a theater, a nymphaeum, baths, a bouleuterion, a prytaneion and several necropoles. Near Ariassos 25 ancient inscriptions and the remains of three roads from Roman times were also discovered. In the following years of the project the course of the ramparts at a distance of 500 meters was accurately traced. In the lower part of the city the remains of two basilicas from the early days of Christianity were identified. In 1990, during the works that were the continuation of the project, almost 500 meters of fortifications surrounding the city and two Christian basilicas in the lower part of Ariassos were discovered. The residential district, an aqueduct and a road that once connected Ariassos and Termessos, were studied. Through the efforts of the research team the general picture of the city's history and its importance in the history of the region were clarified. br>The ruins of the city stretch between the slopes of two mountains, from the monumental gate to the old road to Termessos, on the distance of 600 meters. This monumental gate, built in the 3rd century AD, is the best preserved building in the city.
Other structures are located on the slopes on both sides of the main road. These include a bouleuterion, a prytaneion and a small temple dating back to the Hellenistic period. However, most of the buildings identified in Ariassos are from the times of the Roman Empire. Among them it is worth noting an extensive nymphaeum and a complex of baths, as well as many houses, situated on a hillside. In the area of Ariassos there are three necropoles - to the east, south and north of the center. Especially the latter one noteworthy, because of the numerous sarcophagi representing the so-called Pisidian style. Some of them have been carved from stone blocks. Ariasoss ruins are not guarded and there is no entrance fee. (https://turkisharchaeonews.net/site/ariassos)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AriassosWikidata ID: Q656882Trismegistos Geo: 34675
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