Lagina
Sign in to saveLagina () or Laginia (Λαγινία) was a town and religious centre in ancient Caria. It contained an important monumental temple of Hecate, at which great festivals were celebrated every year. For most of antiquity, it was a part of the territory of Stratonicea.
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- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Muğla
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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- Lagina
- located in/on physical feature
- Aegean Region
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Worship of Hecate
- Excavations
- Friezes
- References
Lagina () or Laginia (Λαγινία) was a town and religious centre in ancient Caria. It contained an important monumental temple of Hecate, at which great festivals were celebrated every year. For most of antiquity, it was a part of the territory of Stratonicea.
Its site is located near Turgut, Anatolia, in southwestern Turkey.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lagina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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