Selge
June 4th, 2008 admin
On a height of 1.250 m in the midst of the Taurusgebirges are the remnants of the antique city Selge, which is today at the same time part of the village Zerk in the settlement area Altınkaya. The area with deep ravine, small Wasserfällen and beautifulnesses of the mountain world, lying within Kiefernbewaldung, is ideal for photo photographs. The name of Selge is probably derived from Salaga, which in luwischer/etruskischer language “deep valley” blow. After göktürkischer/turkmenischer way of writing blow Selge Suoluðu (“Wasserrinne”). One reaches the city by means of the 2 m broad bridge Moka, which consists of a rough sheet of stone blocks. The hititischen inscriptions explain that the area was in former times in the area of Pithassa/Pisidien. The urban population famous for its war art and heroism fought in the Trojan war at the side of the Trojan king Hektor, brought thereby some cities under tax liability and served later than paid mercenaries for the Persian Besetzer. The most important historical event for the city was the war with the city Pednelissos lain in the north, whereupon its Krieger had to withdraw themselves and recognise heaviest editions. Later they allied themselves with king Amintas of the people of the Galater, which belonged like them to the celtic peoples, but to each time they spoke their own language and retained them in such a way. In the Byzantine epoch the Vikinger belonging to the Byzantine army had lost itself, into the environment of Selge had fled its war against their rule raised, against Byzanz and had smeared thereby their traces. Because in the course of the time that was rerouted the internal Anatolien with the coastal strip by Pamphylien over country connecting trade route over Kremna and Ariassos, and due to plunderings fall in love the population of Selge its city and pulled into the coastal towns. Selge was surrounded by Stadtmauern, and therein was a rough town-gate, on whose both pages of awake towers stood. The most important ruin is those of the theatre, which had within the lower range 30 and in upper 15 semicircular seat rows, which were connected with 12 steep stairs. The spectator range was subdivided in the centre of a broad Diazoma, over which from stone blocks were manufactured armchair. From the inscriptions it follows that here four years were delivered long matches and statues of the winners were set up there. Within the western range of the Gods remnants of a statue of the main God Zeus are and from it to dedicated temples and in the eastern part one this temple a statue of the anatolischen Männlichkeits and war God Sanda. In the lower part of the God range one sees a former cistern, which was used for collecting by rain water. In the east of the antique city stood the Agora with the Maben 50 x 50 m, which were bordered to the south openly and on the other three sides by columns of the business arranged next to each other. North lain the remnants 120 m are enough building for a Basilika from the Byzantine time are held. Because of the northernmost point was the Nekropolis, in whose part present on the north slope still three rough burial places are visible.
