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Alanya is a small but ancient city in Southern Anatolia able, with its history, to show you the ancient heritage of these lands
The words of Ibn Battuta
“Alanya stands on the seashore dominated by a marvelous and inaccessible fortress built by the illustrious sultan ‘Ala al Din al Rumi.”
Ibn Battuta
Greco-Roman period
The origins of Alanya are to be found even in the Paleolithic, a period in which the surroundings of the cave of Karain were inhabited for the first time, near today’s city. The

With the arrival of the Romans, pirate activities were reduced incredibly, especially after Pompeo’s intervention, which will prove decisive; however the brigandage will persist for a long time in the region, so much so that its greatest rebellions can be dated around 406 AD. . Following the battle of Manzikert in 1071, the city passed into the hands of the
Turkish period
Under this sovereign the city experienced an incredible development, this much from the urban point of view with the construction of new infrastructures, both commercial. Thanks to its strategic position, in fact, it became a decisive landing point for trade between

With the new arrivals, however, it will never be able to reach the greatness of the past, being continually moved under different regions and finding modern stability only in 1868. With the Ottoman defeat in the First World War, the town briefly passed into Italian hands, coming however quickly freed by the Turkish army following the
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