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The Best Attractions In Akhisar

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Akhisar is a county district and its town center in Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Western Turkey. Akhisar is also the ancient city of Thyatira . With archaeological findings that are proving settlements going back to 3000 BC, Akhisar has been a busy trade center with its strategic location at the intersection of important roads during ancient and medieval ages. Akhisar also hosted one of the Seven churches of Asia: Thyateira, which is mentioned in the Bible. Akhisar maintained its importance as a regional trade center during the Ottoman period. Today's Akhisar is still the trade and business center in its region. Akhisar's name is internation...
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  • 3. Sardis (Sardes) Salihli
    Sardis or Sardes was an ancient city at the location of modern Sart in Turkey's Manisa Province. Sardis was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, one of the important cities of the Persian Empire, the seat of a proconsul under the Roman Empire, and the metropolis of the province Lydia in later Roman and Byzantine times. As one of the seven churches of Asia, it was addressed by John, the author of the Book of Revelation in the New Testament, in terms which seem to imply that its population was notoriously soft and fainthearted. Its importance was due first to its military strength, secondly to its situation on an important highway leading from the interior to the Aegean coast, and thirdly to its commanding the wide and fertile plain of the Hermus.
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  • 6. Pergamon Theatre Bergama
    The Pergamon Bridge is a Roman substruction bridge over the Selinus river in the ancient city of Pergamon , modern-day Turkey. The 196 m wide structure, the largest of its kind in antiquity, was designed during Hadrian's reign in order to form a passageway underneath a large court in front of the monumental Red Basilica temple complex. The two intact tubes, which consist of supporting walls covered with barrel vaults, still serve their purpose to this day.
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