Gölmarmara district, Manisa

What does this district dossier connect?

Gölmarmara brings together place records, related historical events and living-culture themes within Manisa and Inner Aegean. Records are connected with Bronze Age, Ionia & Aeolis, Ottoman era, The Aegean today, Roman era. Current research layers include table and production, culture and memory, links to the present, deniz-doga.

History

• From Lake Gygaia to Alaşehir Theater and Saruhanlı Olive Groves: Lydian Royal Grounds, 10,000-Seat Roman Stage, and 500-Year-Old Stone Presses
• Lydian King Alyattes' Funeral Ceremony and Tumulus Construction at Lake Gygaia (560 BCE)

Today

• Gölmarmara Lake Gygaia (Marmara Lake) and Halime Hatun Complex

• From Lake Gygaia to Alaşehir Theater and Saruhanlı Olive Groves: Lydian Royal Grounds, 10,000-Seat Roman Stage, and 500-Year-Old Stone Presses
• Lydian King Alyattes' Funeral Ceremony and Tumulus Construction at Lake Gygaia (560 BCE)

Table

• From Lake Gygaia to Alaşehir Theater and Saruhanlı Olive Groves: Lydian Royal Grounds, 10,000-Seat Roman Stage, and 500-Year-Old Stone Presses
• Lydian King Alyattes' Funeral Ceremony and Tumulus Construction at Lake Gygaia (560 BCE)

Culture

• From Lake Gygaia to Alaşehir Theater and Saruhanlı Olive Groves: Lydian Royal Grounds, 10,000-Seat Roman Stage, and 500-Year-Old Stone Presses
• Lydian King Alyattes' Funeral Ceremony and Tumulus Construction at Lake Gygaia (560 BCE)

Province guide

Manisa