EGETÜRKİYE

Historic stone-walled and domed Bektashi monastery and tomb on top of an earthen mound.
Medet Mound (Apollonia Salbake) and Bektashi Tekke

Research inventory

DenizlitavasBronze Age

Medet Mound (Apollonia Salbake) and Bektashi Tekke

Reading the place

Not one monument, but a layered setting.

Medet Mound and Bektashi Tekke represent Tavas's sanctuary monument, featuring 4,000 years of continuous settlement and a 14th-century Seljuk monastery.

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Source review status

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Denizli · tavas

Research note

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How to use this dossier

Read this dossier with its 2 linked source records and Bronze Age, Hellenistic era, Roman era, Beyliks & Seljuks, Ottoman era, The Aegean today period mapping. Check source scope and date before making a visitor decision; narrative and district links open the wider cultural network around the place.

Narratives that include this place

Periods

  • Bronze Age
  • Hellenistic era
  • Roman era
  • Beyliks & Seljuks
  • Ottoman era
  • The Aegean today

Regional context

Southern Aegean

Research sources

District guide

Tavas

Province guide

Denizli