The best walks and hikes in Isparta

Due to super strong gusts of wind, I decided to err on the safe side and not finish the last little bit up Sivri Peak as I could barely stand upright when fully exposed. So I walked over here to get the views.

There are more ruins of buildings towards the ruined watch tower and city wall. It is unclear if this was the upper city of ancient Prostanna or some ruins - like a military outpost as you can see far in three directions - from a different time period.

Old watchtower and city wall. There are more ruins of buildings towards Sivri Peak. It is unclear if this was the upper city of ancient Prostanna or some ruins - like a military outpost as you can see far in three directions - from a different time period.

THE ANCIENT CITY OF PROSTANNA Prostanna, which was more like a head quarters than a city, was founded before the Hellenistic Period. The city was aband one dafter the Roman Rule. The old estrelic from the city is an inscription erected in honor of a person irom the province of Asia. The inscriptior., which dates back to 113 BC, reads "The people of Prostanna in Pisidia". The coins minted by the city of Prostanna first appeared in the 1st century BC. In this city, which is surrounded by walls, are a temple, an acropolis and remains of a rectangular structure. In the middle-ages, the name of the city was changed as Akroterion.

I would recommend using a water filter here.

A Theatre with a View Roman culture was well-known for its popular spectacles. Politicians and emperors gave the masses what they wanted: bread and games. The quintessential Roman institutions were the amphitheatre for gladiatorial combat and circus for chariot racing. together with the theatre for plays and the stadium for athletic performances. In the historical region of Pisidia mainly the latter two were common. By and large, the theatre of Sagalassos remained faithful to the cultural and architectural traditions of the Greek world, providing a place for entertainment, assembly and religious events. The seats were arranged in a bowl-shaped cavea, partly built against a natural slope and partly supported by substructures, allowing efficient circulation of throngs of visitors. The stage building had a single-storey architecturally articulated backdrop. This setting exploited the dramatic panoramic setting, which was a trend in ancient Pisidia.

The Northwest Heroon Monument to an anonymous benefactor This heroon was built around the year 1 AD, during the reign of the Emperor Augustus. The monument was recently re-erected using its original stones. Architects could tell where each block belonged on the monument by looking at the original connection holes on the stones. Visible from afar, the monument stands on a square podium 7.80 by 8.50 meters and is 15 meters high.. A heroon is a small monument that honours a local benefactor. Sometimes heroa also served as graves for these individuals. Members of the local aristocracy of Sagalassos constructed such monuments in order to be remembered. Heroa were built within the inhabited areas of Sagalassos until Early Imperial times. The Northwest Heroon was a monument for a young aristocrat, whose name is unknown. Archaeologists have not found a dedicatory inscription. However, they did find parts of a 2.5-meter high statue of this person, including the marble.

This monumental fountain, dating to 129-132 AD, was built on a terrace above the Lower Agora and dedicated to Emperor Hadrian. A flight of eight steps leads you to the basin of the fountain; behind it you can see the remaining part of the monument's back wall. Originally 17m high, this was the only two-storey fountain at Sagalassos. Functional and prestigious at the same time, the monument was aligned with the south Colonnaded Street so that visitors could see its upper storey as they entered the city. The fountain was commissioned by the first Roman knight of Sagalassos, Tiberius Claudius Piso, who ordered its construction in his will. He dedicated the monument to Emperor Hadrian. It was common in Roman provincial towns for local aristocrats and benefactors to dedicate monuments to the emperors. This helped them display their connections with Rome.