Herakleia Salbace

It is a very beautiful city that should be visited. Waiting to be discovered and valued. Don't forget to visit the ancient buildings in the village.

I felt like I went to the past with a time machine, I lived it, the past is wonderful. I would recommend it to everyone.

Almost no residue left. In most of the houses in the village, the ruins of the ancient city were placed on the walls. Now the region has been declared a third degree site. But the decision taken after the work is not much meaning. Time is not a place to go and leave. However, as a result of the excavations do not know what interests.

A place I came to by chance on the way has not yet been excavated, but it is worth seeing, maybe it deserves another visit after the excavation.

The land where I was born ... is a city established between the imposing Salbakos mountains of Caria and the calmness of Temelos stream. The most famous and largest medical center of the era. The land of Marcus Aurelius and the chief physicians of many Emperors. The only place I could go to at that time was walking through the centuries-old roads of the ancient city.

It is the place where we enter because there is an ancient city, eat figs, drink water from the historical fountain and return. We couldn't see the ancient city, if anyone sees it, write it down, maybe someone will want to go...

A city that must be seen. Every corner is waiting to be discovered.

Herakleia Salbace or Herakleia Salbacos ancient city is located within the borders of Vakıf Village, Tavas district of Denizli province. Today, there is a village settlement on a part of the ancient city. In other words, it is one of the still living Karia cities. The reason for the name Heracleia Salbacos is a description made to determine the geographical location of the city. So the city of Herakleia in Salbacos. The city is in the area where Vakıf Village is located at the foot of the Salbacos (Babadağ) mountain range at the north-east end of the Tabae (Davaz) Plain. The administrative area of ​​the ancient city was bordered by the small Timelos river, adjacent to Aphrodisias. Therefore, the river god of both Aphrodisias and Herakleia is Timelos. This deity is shown on the Roman Empire coins of both ancient cities. The name of the city is mentioned as HERAKLEOTON on the coins. As the name suggests, the city was founded in the name of the demigod hero Heracles. It is one of the 9 cities in Anatolia established in the name of Heracles. Since the ancient city has never been researched until today, it is not known exactly when it was founded. However, the earliest dated coin found in the city is BC. It does not go back more than the 1st century. This shows that the city was founded in the Hellenistic period. Herakleia Salbace, which was located within the borders of the Caria Region in ancient times, was included in the Alabanda Conventus as a pre-Roman period management union. During the Roman period, Aphrodisias was included in the management union. During the Byzantine period M.S. In the 5th century, the ancient city was surrounded by a city wall, as in all regional cities. After the Byzantine period, the region was conquered by Turks from the 12th century.