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Aphrodisias
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Aphrodisias
- Ancient site.native_name
- Ἀφροδισιάς
- Ancient site.image
- 270px
- Ancient site.caption
- Temple of Aphrodite at Aphrodisias
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.map_size
- 270
- Ancient site.location
- Geyre, Aydın Province, Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Caria
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.cultures
- Greek, Roman
- Ancient site.occupants
- Alexander of Aphrodisias, Chariton
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Geological history
- Ecclesiastical history
- Buildings and structures
- Monumental gateway
- Temple of Aphrodite
- Bouleuterion
- Sebasteion
- Stadium
- Other finds
- Archaeology
- Inscriptions
- Frieze
- Aphrodite of Aphrodisias
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|300px|Ancient cities of Caria|alt=Map of ancient cities of Caria
Aphrodisias (; ) was a Hellenistic Greek city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in Turkey. It is located near the modern village of Geyre, about east/inland from the coast of the Aegean Sea, and southeast of İzmir.
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Ancient Greek archaeological sites in TurkeyAphrodisiasAphroditeArchaeological sites in the Aegean regionBuildings and structures in Aydın ProvinceFormer populated places in TurkeyHistory of Aydın ProvinceKaracasuPopulated places in ancient CariaPopulated places of the Byzantine EmpireTourist attractions in Aydın ProvinceWorld Heritage Sites in Turkey