Ancient site· Kumluca, Antalya
Korydalla
Korydalla is a ancient site in Kumluca, Antalya; Corydala (Korydalla) was a Lycian ancient city south of the Kumluca district of Antalya.
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- 36.3767°N · 30.2733°E
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Corydala (Korydalla) was a Lycian ancient city south of the Kumluca district of Antalya. According to Hecataeus, cited by Stephanus of Byzantium, it belonged to the Rhodians. The Roman itinerary Tabula Peutingeriana marks it as 'Coridallo' on the road from Phaselis to Patara, while Pliny places it in the interior of Lycia. Imperial-era coins of Corydala bearing the inscription Korydalleon are known.
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One kilometre outside Kumluca, in the village of Hacıveliler, a Lycian city stood on two hills. Its identity was proved by accident: in an old wall, a square block laid with its inscribed face turned towards the stones carried the city's name in well-preserved letters. An inscription of the time of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus shows the city had the usual Greek constitution, a senate and a popular assembly. It once had a small theatre, a Roman aqueduct and remains of a massive Hellenic wall; today only the remains of the aqueduct that brought its water can be made out above ground. In 1963 a woman shepherd found gold and silver objects of the sixth century AD here.
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- The find is known as the Kumluca Treasure.
- The Tabula Peutingeriana marks the city on the road from Phaselis to Patara and gives the distance between the two as twenty-nine Roman miles.
- According to Hecataeus, quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium, the city belonged to the Rhodians, although it was neither on Rhodes nor among Rhodes' possessions in Caria.
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