🏛️ Selinous-Syedra
Remains of a Roman coastal settlement in southern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Mediterranean coast of southwestern Türkiye, Mersin Province
- Period: Primarily Roman era (1st–5th centuries CE)
- Site type: Coastal harbor settlement with residential, commercial, and religious structures
- Current status: Partially excavated archaeological site; largely unexcavated
Selinous-Syedra is an archaeological site on the southern Anatolia coast representing a Roman-period harbor settlement. The site combines two ancient place names and reflects occupation spanning the Hellenistic through Byzantine periods, with its primary development under Roman administration. Limited excavation has revealed structures related to maritime trade and settlement life, though much of the site remains archaeologically unexamined ...