Sagalassos was an important city in ancient Pisidia dating back to the 14th century BCE. It was one of the wealthiest cities when conquered by Alexander the Great in 333 BCE. The urban site was laid out on terraces between 1400-1600 meters altitude. After earthquakes in the 6th and 7th centuries CE, inhabitants abandoned the town due to epidemics, water shortages, and instability. Today Sagalassos remains an archaeological site visited by 20,000 people annually, with structures like its one-story high Roman theatre from the 2nd century AD.

1. MUSTAFA ALİ ÖZAY

4. Human settlement in the area goes back to 8000
BCE, before the actual site was occupied. Hittite
documents refer to a mountain site of Salawassa in
the fourteenth century BCE and the town spread
during the Phrygian and Lydian cultures.
Sagalassos was one of the wealthiest cities in
Pisidia when Alexander the Great conquered it in
333 BCE on his way to Persia.

5. The urban site was laid out on various terraces at an
altitude between 1400 and 1600 m. After having
suffered from a major earthquake in the early sixth
century CE, the town still managed to recover, but a
cocktail of epidemics, water shortages, a general
lack of security and stability, a failing economy and
finally another devastating earthquake around the
middle of the seventh century forced the inhabitants
to abandon their town and resettle in the valley.

8. Antonine Fountain of historical Sagalassos was
covered in earth following an earthquake in 500 B.C

11. The stage building of this theatre, which could seat
some 9000 spectators, was completed during 180-
210 AD.
It is very unusual that the stage building was only
one story high.
Despite its construction date, the theatre clearly
continues the Hellenstic building tradition
(horseshoe-shaped auditorium).
Contemporary buildings have a fully Roman
character.

13. Antonine Fountain is using for wedding ceramony
and jazz concert in these days

18.  Sagalassos was culture center in BC. Sagalassos
had a library.
 The library ‘s floor decorated mosaic.
 Sagalassos city is visited every year by 20.000
visitor