Hierapolis-Pamukkale

Brief Description

Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) 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 Attalids, the kings of Pergamon, established the thermal spa of Hierapolis. The ruins of the baths, temples and other Greek monuments can be seen at the site.

Turkey

Denizli Province

N37 55 26.004 E29 7 23.988

Date of Inscription: 1988

Criteria: (iii)(iv)(vii)

Property : 1,077 ha

Ref: 485

Source: http://whc.unesco.org