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Sagalassos,
also
known
as
Selgessos
is
an
archaeological
site
in
southwestern
Turkey.
The
ancient
ruins
of
Sagalassos
are
7
km
from
Ağlasun
(as
well
as
being
its
namesake)
in
the
province
of
Burdur,
on
Mount
Akdağ,
in
the
Western
Taurus
mountains
range,
at
an
altitude
of
1450–1700
metres.
In
Roman
Imperial
times,
the
town
was
known
as
the
"first
city
of
Pisidia",
a
region
in
the
western
Taurus
mountains,
currently
known
as
the
Turkish
Lakes
Region.
During
the
Hellenistic
period
it
was
already
one
of
the
major
Pisidian
towns.
From
1990
Sagalassos,
a
major
tourist
site,
has
become
a
major
excavation
project
led
by
Marc
Waelkens
of
the
Catholic
University
of
Leuven
in
Belgium.
The
monumental
city
center
is
now
exposed;
four
major
restoration
projects
are
(nearly)
completed.
The
project
also
undertakes
an
intensive
urban
and
geophysical
survey,
excavations
in
the
domestic
and
industrial
areas,
and
an
intensive
survey
of
the
territory.
The
first
survey
documents
a
thousand
years
of
occupation—from
Alexander
the
Great
to
the
seventh
century—while
the
latter
has
established
the
changing
settlement
patterns,
the
vegetation
history
and
farming
practices,
the
landscape
formation
and
climatic
changes
during
the
last
10,000
years.
National
Museum
card
is
valid
at
this
unrevealed
ancient
civilization.
The
entire
site
can
be
covered
in
a
two-hour
tour.
For
a
thorough
walkthrough
you
might
need
more.
The
site
is
kept
very
clean,
tidy,
organized,
and
the
displays
and
infographics
were
very
informative
and
enough
to
discover
the
historic
development
of
the
site.
The
entrance
fee
is
very
reasonable,
there
is
enough
parking
for
visitors.
It
was
low
season
around
mid
October
2022
when
we
visited
the
site.
The
weather
was
so
fresh
due
high
altitude,
you
might
need
a
raincoat,
or
a
sweatshirt
in
the
fall.
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