Guray Ceramic Museum, where you can see the world-famous old ceramics and pottery closely, was built as a result of carving and restoring the undergro ... More
Guray Ceramic Museum, where you can see the world-famous old ceramics and pottery closely, was built as a result of carving and restoring the underground caves. The museum contains historical artifacts from centuries before Christ. By examining these works, you can discover the developing and changing habits of people.
Guray Museum consists of 3 separate sections according to the works exhibited. In the first part of the Antiquities Hall, the 20th-century items belonging to 5000 years before Christ. You can see the valuable ceramics and pottery made until the Ottoman Period. In the Second Modern Works Section, you can have a look at the artworks of the great ceramic masters who have lived and are still alive recently. In addition, you can find a cafe to relax, a library for reading, a special exhibition hall and a music area. In the third part, you can have a calm and pleasant walk in front of works of art such as sculpture, painting, and photography.
The tradition of pottery, which has been ongoing for 5 generations, is performed in a pottery workshop on the museum. The family presents its artworks for sale to its visitors in the sales office. In addition, contemporary exhibitions and concerts are held continuously in other art branches.
The ancient city of Hierapolis, 18 km north of the province of Denizli, was founded by Eumenes II, the King of Bergama in the 2nd century BC and it ca ... More
The ancient city of Hierapolis, 18 km north of the province of Denizli, was founded by Eumenes II, the King of Bergama in the 2nd century BC and it can be said that Telephos, the legendary founder of Bergama, named Hierapolis after his wife, Hiera. The city was continuously destroyed and rebuilt by earthquakes because it was in an earthquake prone area. However, the buildings that are standing today were built after the great earthquake in AD 60 and after that, the city was constructed with a grid plan, taking the appearance of a typical Roman city that had lost its Hellenistic character. After the Roman period, Hierapolis continued to be a very important center in the Byzantine period. The reason Hierapolis was the center of Christianity since the 4th century AD was that St. Philip, one of Jesus ' disciples, was crucified here in AD 80. Kent I.S. After the Byzantine conquest of the 4th century, an octagonal church called Martyrium was built in memory of St. Philip. Therefore, the city gained fame and it got the title “Metropolis”. The city was destroyed by the earthquake in the 7th century AD and lost its identity. It became a small town in the 12th century, then the area came under the control of the Seljuk Sultanate in the 13th century and following the earthquake in the 14 century, it was completely abandoned.
The ancient city had grid plan consisting of two monumental gates and perpendicular streets parallel to the Main Street. The Main Street, which is about 1 km long, divides the city into two and there are arcades, public buildings, shops and workshops on both sides of this street. The necropolis areas outside the city walls and on the north, south and east side of the city are the largest necropolis in Southwest Anatolia. The other significant buildings of the ancient cite are; Bath-Basilica, Latrina, Theater, Ploutonion (a shrine to the Greek god Pluto), Apollon Temple, water canals and The Nymphaeum, churches (St. Philip Martyrium, St. Philip Church) and the antique pool and the baths.
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