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HISTORY OF ERDEMLİ • After the declaration of the Republic of Turkey, due to a small residential district of Silifke, while the county has on June 1, 1954. Tourism, historical riches and natural beauty is an important development potential. Erdemli, Mersin's 36 km. from 1 km to the west and the sea. is installed inside a county. District within the boundaries of the historical and tourist
THE TOURIST SITES ERDEMLİ • KORYKOS-KIZKALESİ • CANYTELLİS-KANLIDİVANE • ADAM ROCKS-ADAM KAYALARI • ASHTIM CAVE-ASTIM MAĞARASI • HEAVEN HELL-CENNET CEHENNEM • Some of these places is the most well known tourist destinations
KORYKOS-KIZKALESİ 200 m. of coast castle Kizkalesi Korikos open to the fortress on the small islet "Kizkalesi is called. Most of it is standing north and south ends Kızkalesi'nin eight towers have been preserved with. Outer perimeter of the castle 192 meters. Castle on the beach with sea way Kizkalesi linked future attacks from the sea in 1448 by İbrahim Bey measures alınmıştı.Karamanoğlu repaired today Kizkalesi has become the symbol of tourism İçel
KORYKOS LEGEND • Korikos'ta King of living, get a daughter he has burns day and night to God. At the end of the income and daughters as they grow instead of hope and charity with the beauty of love that everyone wins. One day come to the city a fortune teller. King will call him to the palace, girls want to know the future. Looking into the hands of wise princess is startled but does not say anything. When the king forced "My king" he says, put your daughter to a snake. This is the fate of anything, and you even bozamıyacak obstacle course and leaves the olamıyacaksınız. King, does not say anything to her but will dive into thought. On a small island close to the shore at the end of SMALL, ak decided to make a fortress of stones and daughter, here is the bold off. Daughter does not know what is going on is sad, is day to day melt away. One day, a grape that is sent to the palace fortress on the inside of the basket and puts her to kill a snake.
CANYTELLİS-KANLIDİVANE Ancient sacred place of the kingdom of Olba on the city's BC 3 century is going up. 4th change the name Neapolis century heyday, the city lived. Byzantine Emperor II. Theodosius (408-450), this area has established a sacred center of Christianity.
CANYTELLİS LEGEND • Kent, 60 meters deep was formed around a large pits. This is a natural depression in the pit area in Roman times, according to legend, criminals and thrown to wild animals have been fed to the city Kanlıdivane. A woman sitting on the sofa in the pits and a relief of two men takes place. Rain water into the ground colors, this finding relief due to the bloody city, where the Court is said is said and timing Kanlıdivane'ye return. Staircase landing in the pit, because the size was thought to be divine and cities throughout history has been a religious center. Obruk around the basilica built of hewn stone, streets, stone tombs, cisterns, rock reliefs are available. The 2nd in the southwest There is a tower dating from the century. The inscription on the tower, the God Zeus in the priest-king Olbalı Tarkyaris'in son Teukros has been constructed by summer. Necropolis in the city north of the three highest place not in the Queen's husband, Aba, and two sons for a monumental tomb built and located. That
HEAVEN-CENNET Gallerie has occurred as a result of natural subsidence and other examples are in the region. Which has been called paradise amateur hole 455 can be in step with. The stairs were renewed pits in places. Around 200 m wide at some points Agis that Paradise is approximately 70 meters is the deepest point of pit.
HELL-CEHENNEM According to mythology, a giant dragon who face sprayed with flame-headed Typhon, from time to time with the god Zeus is war. One of these collisions defeat Zeus and the gods had given the name Hell Korykos'da later this mağraya has closed. Another important name of God the world that Hermes, Pan has recovered from this cave along with Zeus and Zeus, this time to advance Typhon'un fell. Mount Etna on the giant sees Typhon'u launched by ejdarhanın instead was confined to the depth. Ancient times as today's most frightening volcano is an active volcano Mount Etna in Sicily, the island's history with this bağlantılıdr mythology. Perhaps based on this story, perhaps because of the depth of these pits scary name given to the hell.
ASHTIM CAVE-ASTIM MAĞARASI 20 m to the west of the pits of Hell to Heaven 600m deep in the narrow entrance is a natural wonder that can be filled with stalactites and stalagmites. Continuous high humidity climate with an installed because of asthma is said relax.
ADAM ROCKS-ADAM KAYALARI MS.II.yy dated to the Roman period, this relief into nine niches have been obtained, on a (11) men, four (4) women, two (2) children and one (1) mountain goat figures were processed into the rock. At the same time also a niche in the pediment was built as the Roman eagle in relief.
