TÜRKIYE · C. 400 BC–BYZANTINE PERIOD

Magnesia on the Maeander

Μαγνησία ἡ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ

Driven by epidemics that followed the Maeander’s floods and by the Persian threat, the Magnetes moved their city to its present site beside the Gümüşçay around 400 BC. Its fame rests on the Temple of Artemis Leukophryene, which the architect Hermogenes built in the Hellenistic period over the remains of an Archaic temple; with 8 by 15 columns, it is the fourth-largest temple in Anatolia.

Original name

Μαγνησία ἡ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ

Country

Türkiye

Period

c. 400 BC–Byzantine Period

Civilisation

Greek

Location

37.8496° N, 27.5230° E Open in OpenStreetMap Open in Apple Maps

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