Eflatun Pınar

Eflatun Pınar

Eflatun Pınar (Turkish: Eflatunpınar, "Plato's Spring") is the name given to a spring which rises up from the ground, and the stone-built pool monument built at the time of the Hittite Empire. The spring lies 80 miles west of Konya, and drains into Lake Beyşehir in Anatolian peninsula at ancient Pisidia region. During the Late Bronze Age a sacred pool monument was built here in trachyte ashlar masonry dedicated to the sacred spring cult of ancient Hittites. The monument was interpreted as a shrine to Plato during the medieval (Seljuk) period.

Overview

Eflatun Pınar's location near the lake shore corresponds to an almost exact level with other important ruins on the opposite shore, those of Kubadabad Palace, which are Seljuk.

Eflatun Pınar was briefly examined by the University of Oxford archaeologist Dr. Lucia Nixon in her paper on Çatalhöyük, and she makes use of F.W.Hasluck's early-20th century work. The site remains largely unexplored to date.

References

Dr. Lucia Nixon, University of Oxford (2001). "Eflatunpınar, Çatalhöyük and the uses of the past (Conference on Anthropology, Archaeology and Heritage in the Balkans and Anatolia)" (PDF). Swansea University.

External links

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Coordinates: 37°49′33″N 31°40′29″E / 37.8257°N 31.6747°E / 37.8257; 31.6747

UNESCO Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey

Aegean	Aizanoi antique city Archaeological Site of Aphrodisias Birgi Mausolem and Sacred area of Hecatomnus Archaeological site of Laodikeia Medieval city of Beçin The Ancient City of Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe Ancient City of Stratonikeia

Black Sea	Mount Harşena and the Rrock-tombs of the Pontic Kings Mahmut Bey Mosque Sümela Monastery (The Monastery of Virgin Mary)

Central Anatolia	Archaeological site of Kültepe-Kaneş Eflatun Pınar Eşrefoğlu Mosque Gordion Hacı Bektaş Veli complex Historical Monuments of Niğde Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization Lake Tuz SEPA Mountainous Phrygia Odunpazarı historical urban site Tomb of Ahi Evran

East Anatolia	Akdamar Island Archaeological Site of Arslantepe Eshab-ı Kehf Kulliye Historic city of Ani Ishak Pasha Palace The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman citadel

Marmara	Çanakkale (Dardanelles) and Gelibolu (Gallipoli) Battles Zones in the First World War İznik Historic Guild Town of Mudurnu The Bridge of Uzunköprü Yıldız Palace Complex

Mediterranean	Alahan Monastery Alanya Ancient city of Anazarbus Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization Ancient City of Kaunos Ancient City of Korykos Archaeological Site of Perge Güllük Dagi-Termessos National Park Mamure Castle Karain Cave Kekova Archaeological Site of Sagalassos St.Paul Church, St.Paul's Well and surrounding historic quarters (in Tarsus, Mersin) St. Pierre Church in Hatay St. Nicholas Church in Demre The Theatre and Aqueducts of the Ancient City of Aspendos Vespasianus Titus Tunnel

Southeastern Anatolia	Archeological Site of Zeugma The Archaeological Site of Göbeklitepe Harran and Sanliurfa İsmail Fakirullah Tomb Mardin Cultural Landscape Yesemek quarry and sculpturee workshop Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex and Mor Yakup (Saint Jacob) Church

All over Turkey	Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes

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