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Attalos II

Attalos lived in 220 BC and gave Antalya to Rome upon his death. The Turks took Antalya in 1209.

In the 1st century BC, the Pergamum king Attalos II ordered his men to find "heaven on earth". After a long search all over the world, they discovered this land and said "This must be 'Heaven' " and King Attalos founded the city giving it the name "Attaleia" (Greek: Αττάλεια) which later became Adalia and then Antalya.

"In 150 BC Attalos II, king of Pergamon, founded the city of Attalia (present day Antalya) to base his powerful naval fleet. Later Antalya became part of the Roman Republic in 133 BC when King Attalos III of Pergamum willed his kingdom to Rome at his death and the city grew and prospered in the Ancient Roman period.

Christianity started to spread in the region after 2nd century. Antalya was visited by Paul of Tarsus, as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 14:25-26), (wherein Antalya is referred to as Attalia). St. Paul and St. Barnabas went to Antalya and sailed from there to Antioch after preaching in Pisidia and Pamphylia.

The city later became a naval base for the Christian Crusades against the Muslims in the Levant and in Cyprus. It was a major city in the Byzantine Empire. At the time of the ascension of John II Comnenus (1118) it was an isolated outpost against the Turks, accessible only by sea..

The following year, with the aid of his commander-in-chief John Axuch, John II drove the Turks from the land routes to Antalya and recconected the city with the rest of the empire."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antalya

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Also please forgive my absence and either later today and for the next few days I will be posting photos of my FAIRWELL TO ANTALYA...as I will be away from my city for 3 months...so bear with me as the next few photos will be of the city of Antalya.

Do not feel obilagated to comment or invite..just enjoy !!!

Taken on: June 5, 2008

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