Historic Sites in Emirdağ

Amorium, also known as Amorion, was a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor which was founded in the Hellenistic period, flourished under the Byzantine Empire, and declined after the Arab sack of 838. It was situated on the Byzantine military road from Constantinople to Cilicia. Its ruins and höyük are located under and around the modern village of Hisarköy, 13 kilometers east of the district center, Emirdağ, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey.

Appolena was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. Its name does not occur in ancient authors, but is inferred from epigraphic and other evidence. Its site is located near Tezkalesi in Anatolia.

Amorium Ancient City, located in the Emirdağ district of Afyonkarahisar, is a significant archaeological site with traces of approximately 4000 years of continuous settlement, from the Hittites to the Ottomans. The city was founded in the Hellenistic period, flourished during the Byzantine Empire, and declined after the Arab sack of 838. Amorium was one of the most important urban and military centers of the Byzantine Empire in Anatolia and was the birthplace of the Byzantine Phrygian Dynasty. Excavations have unearthed various findings, including a basilica, a Byzantine bathhouse, grape pressing pools, granaries, and coins from the Seljuk and Ottoman periods.

Emirdağ

Emirdağ

Emirdağ

Emirdağ

Emirdağ

Emirdağ