Grand Fortress of Selçuk
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jun 04, 2025 08:48 AM
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History
The so-called Grand Fortress of Selçuk is situated on the Ayasuluk Hill at Ephesus. Its origins lie in the Byzantine period, following the decline of the Graeco-Roman metropolis of Ephesus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/964353020
37.9554166392, 27.3681373212
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of The Grand Fortress of Selçuk (AD 640 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Zitadelle von Selçuk (German, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Grand Fortress of Selçuk located at Ayasuluk Hill (unspecified date range)
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Jeffrey Becker, 'Grand Fortress of Selçuk: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/964353020> [accessed: 24 June 2025]
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