Olympos, A Pirates' Town in Lycia

Noteworthy especially for its cultural assets and natural beauty, the city of Olympos has suffered damage by nature through the centuries accelerated by tourism in the recent years. Therefore, excavations, cleaning, documentation and architectural inventory work of  urban plan together with its monuments has been plotted on the topographical map in digital format has been updated. This project  was  carried out in order to facilitate the foreseen arrangement and restoration programme.The fact that Olympos was not settled by the Turks allowed its medieval urban pattern to be preserved. Being one of the few sites with medieval urban pattern stil preserved, Olympos bears importance for the medieval history of the Mediterranean.

Ebru Parman, Orhan Atvur, Yelda Olcay Uçkan, Erkan Uçkan, Yalçın Mergen, Elif Uğurlu, Ahmet Nadir Topoğraf, Seçkin Evcim, Gökçen Öztaşkın, Muradiye Bursalı, Hande Yeşilova, Zeliha Demirel Gökalp, Zeynep Kaya

Translation by

Deborah Bilgil

 

Transportation and Places to See in the Vicinity- Introduction- The Physical Structure of the City- Olympos in History- Historical Geography of Olympos- Cults in Olympos- Olympos City and Area- Excavations and Investigations in Olympos- Excavations- Ground Surveys- Topography of Settlements and Distribution of Structures- Structures- Defensive Structures;  Southern Castle and the Northern Castle, Walls Inside the Settlement- Religious Structures; Temple, Churches and Religious Complexes- Public and Administrative Buildings; Theatre, Gymnasium, Bishop’s Residence (Building with Mosaics)- Water Structures; Baths, Harbour Structures, Bridges- Civil Buildings; Houses- Necropolis- Architectural Plastic- Minor Finds- Ceramics- Metals- Coins- Glass- Selected Bibliography- Glossary