Dag Pazari (Koropissos)
•34 km North of Mut (Claudiopolis) & 48 km SE of Karaman this large and impressive site at 1400 m level is protected on 3 sides by steep descends towards the swift flowing stream of Kavak Gozu, To the north, there was a wall,. Occupied from at least the 5th cent. and was a bishopric by the 5th cent.
•Circles by ramparts (1.2 m thick by 5 m high) with 9 m square towers at intervals, the highest point was defended by a redoubt (= proheiro frourio), An aqueduct brought water from the south, there was a hippodrome on flat ground to the N. a columnar Heroon stands S of the river, and weathered sarcophagi flank the road. As bishopric it had a monastery – now destroyed – a cathedral with a baptistery, similarities with Meryemlik (Seleucea on the Kalykadnos) and Alahan, about 21 km NW of Mut, the last 3 attributed to Zeno, the Isaurian Emperor.
•Ilgin: thermal baths nearby
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•Beysehir : occupied by Hittites, ancient Karallia, another name during Byzantine times
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•Aksehir (= white city) : Philomelion, prob. a Pergamenian foundation on the highway between Ephesos & the east. Smyrniotes wrote a letter to here describing the martyrdom of Polycarp.
•Birthplace of Hodja : 1208-1284
Yalvac (Antioheia Pisidias)
•Remains are widespread 14 sq. km, theatre, temples of Godmen and Augustus, church of St. Paul. City founded in 280 BC in fertile land, strategic location. The theatre is one of its kind, there is a 200 ft tunnel under the seats
•A cavea(tunnel) which was made out of necessity to enlarge the theatre without cutting the main avenue.
•St. Paul’s church : the first and largest in Anatolia (a synagogue underneath it)
•It was in this theatre that Thecla was thrown to wild beasts. The lion however, defended her against the others and saved her life.
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