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About 35 km, along the Antalya-Alanya highway, you turn north and continue 8 km until Silyon is reached. It was built on an ellipseshaped table like plateau rising above the flat plain. Due to its locationthe surrounding areas can easily be seen and in fact the view stretches as far as the Mediterranean. Itwas settled in the 4th century B.C. and it lived not only through the hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods, but was also used by the Seljuks who also added buildings and increased its wealth. Some of its interestings sights are the stadium, gymnasium, turrets, Seljuk mosque and the sports arena. The plateau has been damaged by earhquakes which destroyed much of the theatre.