Antalya
Antalya (frae Greek "Αττάλεια" - Attaleia) is a ceety on the Mediterranean coast o soothwastren Turkey, an the caipital ceety o Antalya Province. Situatit on coastal cliffs, Antalya is surroondit bi muntains. Development an investment, begun in the 1970s, hae transformed the ceety intae an internaitional resort.
Etymology[edit]
Accordin tae tradition, in the 2nt century BC, the Pergamum keeng Attalos II ordered his men tae fynd "heaven on earth". Efter an extensive search, they discovered the region o Antalya. Keeng Attalos rebuilt the cieety, givin it the name "Attaleia" (Greek: Αττάλεια) which later mutatit in Turkish as Adalia an then Antalya. Attaleia wis an aa the name o a festival at Delphi[1] an Attalis (Greek: Ἀτταλίς) wis the name o an auncient Greek tribe at Athens.[2]
Sister ceeties[edit]
Antalya is twinned wi:
Austin, Texas, United States
Bat Yam, Israel
Cheboksary, Roushie- Kazan, Roushie
Nuremberg, Germany- Muskegon, Michigan, Unitit States
- Rostov-Na-Donu, Roushie
Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
References[edit]
- 150 BC establishments
- Populatit places established in the 2nt century BC
- Mediterranean port ceeties an touns in Turkey
- Populatit coastal places in Turkey
- Airchaeological steids in Turkey
- Turkis Riviera
- Auncient Greek ceeties
- Auncient Greek steids in Turkey
- Antalya
- New Testament places
- Attalid colonies
- Populatit places in Antalya Province
