Aphrodisias The City of Aphrodite, Turkey, 10, 28, 2012

The beautiful city Aphrodisias is one of the finest archaeological sites of Anatolia Turkey, still partly excavated and partly undiscovered. The name of the city is derived from the goddess of love, Aphrodite called Venus by Romans, who has her famous sanctuary here. The city was located in Caria in Asia Minor, near Geyre village in today s world. It is about 230 km from Izmir, 55 km from Nazilli and 101 km from Denizli Turkey.