Phrygia
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It is impossible to capture the beauty of the plains of Phrygia on a picture. Nevertheless, perhaps these three photos can give you some feeling of the immense emptiness and impressive desolation. These mountains are north of Sivrihisar and west of Phrygia's capital Gordium. | |
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The Phrygian plain south of Sivrihisar. The modern road more or less follows the ancient Royal road, which connected the capitals of the Persian empire (Persepolis and Susa) with Assyria, Gordium, and finally Lydia's capital Sardes. | |
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Evening on the Phrygian plain. | |
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