🏛️ Balboura-Kibyra
Greco-Roman archaeological site in southwestern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Burdur Province, southwestern Türkiye, in the Taurus Mountains
- Occupied from the Hellenistic period through the Byzantine era
- Named after two settlements: Balboura (Hellenistic) and Kibyra (Roman administrative centre)
- Archaeological surveys and excavations conducted since the 1980s by international teams
Balboura-Kibyra is a multi-layered archaeological site in the Taurus Mountains region of southwestern Türkiye. The site comprises remains of two settlements: the earlier Balboura, which flourished during the Hellenistic period, and Kibyra, which developed as a significant Roman administrative centre. The site provides evidence of continuous habitation and shifting settlement patterns across more than a millennium of Anatolian history ...