DIDYMA     

    Didyma is today best known as a holiday center, but it actually takes its name from one of the greatest centers of knowledge of the ancient world, which is the Temple of Apollo, with its famous oracle. The original temple was destroyed by the Persians but on the orders of Alexander the Great, and with his financial help , an even bigger temple was started. After 600 years it still wasn't finished, due mostly to industrial disputes or strikes amongst the workers. Because of this there was many a hitch in the quarrying, transportation and carving of the up to 70,000 kg of marble which make up the temple.
Still, the temple is one of the most superb architectural creations of the ancient world. The 122 marble columns, each 20 metres in height and more than 3 metres in diameter, were brought in from Heraklia, which is at a distance of 40 km. If the temple had ever been finished it would have become the seventh wonder of the ancient world, but the rise of Christianity meant that there was no need for such a center of pagan learning.

MILETUS
    The foundations of modern science were established between BC 600 -450 in Miletos. Thales, who measured the duration of a solar eclipse. Anaximenes and Anaximendros, who theorized about the nature of existence, and Hypodames, the first city planner, all were inhabitants of Miletos. The city is still a very interesting cultural site , having once been the foremost scientific and cultural centre of its time. It was a colonial city but subsequently sent out up to ninety colonies of its own (mostly on the Black Sea coasts, Trabzon, Sinop etc..It kept its power right up to the Persian invasian.
The ruins that we now see are mostly from Roman times. The antique theatres with capacities for 15,000 people, the largest Roman Baths in Anatolia and the very big bazaar are proofs of the magnificence that once was Miletos.

PRIENE
Priene lies on the southern flank of Mount Samsun at a distance of 20 km. from Söke and looks out over the while of the Meander Plain. It is one of the most beautiful historical sites of the Aegean and was one of the 12 cities of the ancient Ionic League. Around 450 BC the city was destroyed by the Persians. In 350 BC it was rebuilt in its present situation with the help of Athens. Priene never regained its old magnificence but is the best example of an ancient city which escaped the effects of Romanisation and still reflects the architectural culture of Greece and Anatolia. Priene is the first city in the Western world to have been built on a grid-structure and is one of the world's first examples of rational city planning.
You can still see the water network passing underneath the perpendicular streets. It also contains the first known system of purification reservoirs for drinking water. On the walls of the gymnasium at the bottom of the city you can see the incised names of various students, which proves that graffiti is not by any means a modern invention!
 

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