Anavarza Castle
Among the important ruins found in the ancient city of Anavarza, there are 1500 meters long fortification wall with 20 bastions, columned road, bath and church, theatre, amphitheater, stadium, waterways, rock tombs, sea goddess Thetys. Mosaics from the 3rd century AD were found in the Cilicia Region. The only example is the triumphal arch with 3 entrances and the medieval castle on a hill rising like an island in the middle of the plain. The world-famous pharmacologist Dioskurides, who served in the Roman army during the reign of Emperor Nero and wrote De Materia Medica, was taught as one of the basic works in the medical faculties of all modern countries until the 18th century. Anavarza is also remarkable in terms of the city's contribution to the history of world science.
