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Alabanda



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Type:
City
Altitude:
m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Aegean
Province:
Aydin
District:
Çine
Village:
Doganyurt


TAYEx:
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Registration State:
Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages.
     


Location: It is located where the Doganyurt Village; formerly Araphisar; is situated; 7 km west of the Çine District of the Aydin Province [Tirpan 1990a:171].
Geography and Environment: Strabo records that Alabanda was situated in the saddle of two elevations; resembling a donkey with panniers [Strabo 14; 2; 26]. The city was founded at the skirt of the hills extending to a plain.
Destruction Details:


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