Phrygian Monuments

Doğanlı Kale and Deveboynu Kale are two fortresses located on a rocky plateau, approximately 1.5 km northwest of Çukurca village in the valley, quite high from the valley floor. Deveboynu Kale is situated on the edge of a rocky slope. There are two typical Phrygian rock tombs on the northwest side of the rock. Doğanlı Kale was built … Read more

Göynüş Valley, full of volcanic tuff rocks, extends in the north-south direction near Kayıhan town in the district of İhsaniye in Afyonkarahisar. The area was a Phrygian settlement, and there are many rock tombs, façades, niches, and altars built on tuff rocks. Maltaş (Malkaya) MonumentThe monument is located on one of the Akkuşyuvası rocks, which … Read more

Façade and NicheIt is a small façade carved on a pointy rock, 200 m northeast of the Menekşe Kayalar (Violet Rocks), 500 m south of Demirli village of İhsaniye district of Afyonkarahisar. It was discovered by T. Tüfekçi-Sivas in 1995. The façade is built on the northeastern face of the rock and is quite weathered. … Read more

It is located at the southern end of Yazılıkaya Valley, just west of Yazılıkaya village. It was built on a plateau, which consists of high and steep tuff rocks. The four fortresses, Akpara Kale, Pişmiş Kale, Gökgöz Kale, and Kocabaş Kale, which are located on northern and eastern hills, protect the Phrygian settlement by controlling … Read more

The small Phrygian façade of Gökçegüney no longer exists. According to the information provided by A. Gabriel and E. Haspels, it used to be on the western slope of the rocky hill called Nızıllı Tepe, west of the village road between Gökçegüney (old name Tonra) and Yazılıkaya villages. The monument is called “Tonra Patlak” in … Read more

Dübecik Kale is a small watchtower or outpost located 10 km south-southeast of Yapıldak Asar Kale, on a rock plateau surrounded by forested hills. There are several tombs from Phrygian and Roman periods carved into the rocks. The two-room tomb (D-F) on the west side was created by combining two separate burial chambers, with their … Read more

Areyastis Monument is a large Phrygian façade located 1.7 km north of Yazılıkaya village, on one of the rocks about 130 m away from the road between Yazılıkaya and Çukurca. Across the road to the east, Phrygian fortresses Gökgöz Kale and Pişmiş Kale are located on flat top rock plateaus. The name of the monument … Read more

The Phrygian rock niche was discovered in the Kırkinler locality, near the Seydiler village of İscehisar town. It is located in a rocky site on the upper part of a Byzantine rock church on a steep rock mass. There was a female relief (possibly mother goddess Matar) in a rectangular shallow niche on the side … Read more

Büyük Kapıkaya (Big Gaterock) Monument is a Phrygian façade located 6 km southeast of Döğer town in Afyonkarahisar and 1.8 km southeast of the Aslankaya Monument. It is on a rock outcrop about 50 m north of Döğer – Üçlerkayası road. The flattened front face of the rock, where the niche is located, is decorated with geometric … Read more