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Hierapolis-Pamukkale

IERAPOLIS (Ancient city) TURKEY
From springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale ("cotton palace" in Turkish) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls and a series of terraced basins. At the end of the 2nd century B.C. the dynasty of the Attalides, the kings of Pergame, set up the thermal station of Hierapolis. The site includes the ruins of the baths, temples and other Greek monuments.

• http://www.unesco.org/whc/sites/485.htm

• http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/wh/hie...