Geyre

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Geyre is the ruins of the ancient city Aphrodisias in the province of Aydın. It is a popular tourist attraction for Turkish people.

1 General Information
2 Situation
3 History
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] General Information

Altitude: 1800ft Population: 1,000 Province: Aydın

[edit] Situation

Geyre is the ruins of Aphrodisias southwest of Denizli.

[edit] History

Geyre was settled in the fourth millennium B.C. Bronze Age pottery suggests that it used to be a trading post at one point during the Hittite period. In the Early Christian-Byzantine era the town was first a bishopric and then the seat of the Metropolitan Bishop of Caria; it was also rechristened Stavropolis. Despite having its fortifications strengthened in the latter part of the seventh century, in the eighth and ninth centuries the town succumbed to the Arabs.