Oenoanda (Incealiler) (1)
This page contains pictures of the walls of Oenoanda. For the esplanade, go here.
The picture shows the wall of Oenoanda, which is a nice specimen of Hellenistic military architecture. It must have been 10 meters high.
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The ruins of ancient Oenoanda -the picture shows the southern access to the site- are situated on a hilltop that is rather inaccessible. Nevertheless, the inhabitants built a large wall around their town, which is well-preserved. Of course, stones and other elements have been removed by the inhabitants of the neighboring villages, but the site is simply too isolated to be looted. | |
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Another result of the difficulty to reach Oenoanda is that only a few
archaeologists have paid attention to the site. It was not discovered until
the end of the nineteenth century. Between 1884 and 1895, French and Austrian
archaeologists identified eighty-eight fragments from a now famous inscription
by a man named Diogenes (more...).
It was only in the 1968 that professor M.F. Smith started to investigate
the remains of the old town and the inscription.
The picture shows the wall of Oenoanda, which is a nice specimen of Hellenistic military architecture. It must have been 10 meters high. |
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One of the postern gates. | |
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Another part of the wall of Oenoanda. | |
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A tower. | |
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The same tower. | |
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Interior of the tower, with (below) a loophole. | |
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Elements of the aqueduct of Oenoanda, included in the city wall. | |
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