2. SLEEPING BEAUTY BURDUR
Burdur is a small province in the south-west of Turkey. Although it is a small town ,
it takes attention with its natural beauties and historical remains dating as far as
6000 BC. The thermal resorts are also attractive for those who like spas. The most
appealing feature of Burdur is Insuyu. Insuyu is 597 m long . For nature lovers,
Lake of Burdur has a beautiful view… The Centik beach is on the side of Lake
Burdur, 8 kilometers from the city; the Salda Lake is a another frequently visited
camping area with forested surrounding and a delightful beach, a must to see. For
fishing, Golhisar Lake is excellent. All of these lakes provide a rare beauty of nature
and fauna around them. Sagalassos at Aglasun town, 37 kilometers to Burdur, was
the capital of Psydia and has many historical remains like a Roman theatre of
12,000 seat capacity, the tombs and the citadel from medieval ages. The Hacilar
district is another remarkable site for historical remains with statues dating back to
Neolithic Age. Cybira at Golhisar, Cremna at Camlik Bucak, Kumcay and Incirhan
are other historical sites. Picnicking, camping, hunting, and fishing are other
attractions.
7. Human settlement in the area goes back to 8000 BCE, before the actual site
was occupied.
Sagalassos was one of the wealthiest cities in Pisidia when Alexander the
Great conquered it in 333 BCE on his way to Persia. It had a population of a few
thousand.
After some time following Alexander's death, The Roman Empire absorbed
Pisidia. After some wars, earthquakes and Arab raids, the site was abandoned.
Sagalassos disappeared from the records.
Explorer Paul Lucas, who was traveling in Turkey on a mission for the court
of Louis XIV of France, visited the ruins in 1706. After 1824, when Francis
Vyvyan Jago Arundell(1780–1846), the British chaplain at Izmir and an
antiquary, visited the site and deciphered its name in inscriptions,[1] Western
travelers begun to visit the ruins. Polish historian of art, count K.
Lanckoroński produced the first map of Sagalassos. However, the city did not
attract much archaeological attention until 1985, when an Anglo-Belgian team
led by Stephen Mitchell begun a major survey of the site. Today, lots of visters
come to see Sagalassos from all over the world although the research hasn’t
finished yet.
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18. BURDUR’S MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
KEMANE: Burdur is famous with string insturument.
SİPSİ:Also Burdur is famous with wind instrument . It height is ; 15-25 cm . Sipsi has
got a 5 hole.
