The ancient city of Olympos is a Lycian settlement located 10 km north of Tahtalı Mountain in Kumluca District to the west of Antalya. It is 85.7 km from Antalya. away, it is a holiday neighborhood that is protected as a protected area because it is the breeding area of Caretta Caretta turtles, and is generally preferred by university students and backpackers. Tree houses, open areas that can be used as tents, and being on the Lycian Way are important features. It is located within the borders of Olympos Beydağları National Park.

Although there is not enough information about the first foundation date of Olympos, the most comprehensive information about the history of the city is in the light of the data unearthed in archaeological surface research and the documentary director Tekin Gün, who visited the ancient city, is thought to have the traces of the first settlement of the ancient city, the traces of the Hellenistic period from 300 BC. . Ancient city where Hellenistic wall remains can still be seen. It shows that there have been conflicts between Rome and the cities in Anatolia since the 2nd century BC. According to the written information Strabo told by quoting from Artemidoros, Olympos is one of the six cities with three voting rights in the Lycian League and represented the east of Lycia. It is thought that Alexander the Great, the ancient city, which witnessed many historical events, spent the winter months in Phaselis, a port city adjacent to Olympos, in the years when he first started his conquests and, according to some historians, he visited the city of Olympos. Ancient sources indicate that Olympus was first recorded in historical records in the BC. It is found in 78, the year when Servilius Vatia, the Roman Governor in Sicily, defeated the greatest pirate of the time, Zenicetes, in a naval battle. It seems that Zenicetes, who took control of the entire coastline in the vicinity by hiding his ships in the secret ports of Porto Genoese and Sazak, also made Olympos a fortress for himself. The ancient city, which was established on the north and south sides of Olympos Stream, can be seen on both sides of the stone pavements extending to the harbor. As a result of the archaeological researches, two burial chambers with ruins were found in the north of the city, where the Olympos stream meets the sea. M.S. It is understood from the inscriptions written on the front of the sarcophagus (tabula ansata) that the sarcophagus tombs built at the end of the 2nd century BC belong to Zosimos and his uncle Eudemos. In addition, the ruins of the Roman period baths, which draw attention with its location close to the port in the southern part of the ancient city, indicate that the sea traffic in the port city of Olympos and its dominance over the surrounding ports. Church complex belonging to the Byzantine period on the southern slopes of the ancient city and the depiction of madder and ship graffiti in the cistern depict the events in the Byzantine period port.

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