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.longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis&params=37_04_01_N_41_12_55_E_type:landmark_region:TR"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°04′01″N</span> <span class="longitude">41°12′55″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.06694°N 41.21528°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.06694; 41.21528</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Nusaybin" title="Nusaybin">Nusaybin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data category">Turkey</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Denomination</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Syriac Orthodox">Syriac Orthodox</a> or,<br /><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_East" title="Church of the East">Church of the East</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:black; background-color:#CCCC99">History</th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dedication_of_churches" title="Dedication of churches">Dedication</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jacob_of_Nisibis" title="Jacob of Nisibis">Jacob of Nisibis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Relic#Christian_relics" title="Relic">Relics</a> held</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jacob_of_Nisibis" title="Jacob of Nisibis">Saint Jacob of Nisibis</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:black; background-color:#CCCC99">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sacred_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred architecture">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Late_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Late Roman Empire">Late Roman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Early_Byzantium" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Byzantium">Early Byzantium</a> architecture</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Groundbreaking" title="Groundbreaking">Groundbreaking</a></th><td class="infobox-data">313</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">320<span class="noprint">; 1704 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">320</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:black; background-color:#CCCC99">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of <a href="/wiki/Dome" title="Dome">domes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:black; background-color:#CCCC99">Administration</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">District</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nusaybin" title="Nusaybin">Nusaybin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mar Yakov Church</b> or <b>Mor Yakup Church</b> (<a href="/wiki/Syriac_language" title="Syriac language">Syriac</a>: <span lang="syr" dir="rtl">ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܨܝܒܝܢ</span> <i>Idto d-Mor Ya'qub d-Nsibin</i>, <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Mor Yakup Kilisesii</i>), also known as the <b>Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis</b>, is a historic church in <a href="/wiki/Nusaybin" title="Nusaybin">Nusaybin</a>, southeastern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. Archaeological excavations revealed that the 4th-century church building was originally the baptistery of a cathedral, which no longer exists. It is not determined whether this church belonged to <a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church" title="Syriac Orthodox Church">Syriac Orthodox Church</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_East" title="Church of the East">Church of the East</a>, but it is under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church" title="Syriac Orthodox Church">Syriac Orthodox Church</a> which it is most likely linked to. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The historical church is located in <a href="/wiki/Nusaybin" title="Nusaybin">Nusaybin</a> <a href="/wiki/Il%C3%A7e" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilçe">ilçe</a> (district), formerly Nisibis, either of the <a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin Province</a> of the Syriac Orthodox Church or the <a href="/wiki/Nisibis_(East_Syriac_ecclesiastical_province)" title="Nisibis (East Syriac ecclesiastical province)">Nisibis province</a> of the Church of the East, in southeastern Turkey. It is situated around 100 m (330 ft) east of the <a href="/wiki/Zeynel_Abidin_Mosque_Complex" title="Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex">Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Un_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Un-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The church is dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Assyrian_people" title="Assyrian people">Syriac</a> <a href="/wiki/Jacob_of_Nisibis" title="Jacob of Nisibis">Jacob of Nisibis</a>, who became bishop of Nisibis by appointment of the Episcopal congress, convened in Virgin Mary Church of <a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r" title="Diyarbakır">Diyarbakır</a> in 309, and was later <a href="/wiki/Veneration" title="Veneration">venerated</a> saint (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Mor Yakup</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Un_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Un-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The church was built by Jacob of Nisibis between 313–320.<sup id="cite_ref-Ac_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ac-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is considered<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (November 2021)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> as one of the oldest churches in <a href="/wiki/Upper_Mesopotamia" title="Upper Mesopotamia">Upper Mesopotamia</a>. </p><p>According to some inscriptions and texts, the church was built as the <a href="/wiki/Baptistery" title="Baptistery">baptistery</a> of a cathedral at that place. However, it was converted to a church after the cathedral and some other buildings were ruined.<sup id="cite_ref-kv_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kv-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nisibis_Church_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Nisibis_Church_interior.jpg/220px-Nisibis_Church_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Nisibis_Church_interior.jpg/330px-Nisibis_Church_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Nisibis_Church_interior.jpg/440px-Nisibis_Church_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2144" data-file-height="1232" /></a><figcaption>A view from the interior of the Church of Saint Jacob</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jacob_Tomb,_Nisibis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Jacob_Tomb%2C_Nisibis.jpg/170px-Jacob_Tomb%2C_Nisibis.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Jacob_Tomb%2C_Nisibis.jpg/255px-Jacob_Tomb%2C_Nisibis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Jacob_Tomb%2C_Nisibis.jpg/340px-Jacob_Tomb%2C_Nisibis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1232" data-file-height="2144" /></a><figcaption>Tomb of <a href="/wiki/Jacob_of_Nisibis" title="Jacob of Nisibis">Saint Jacob of Nisibis</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis34.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis34.jpg/170px-Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis34.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis34.jpg/255px-Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis34.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis34.jpg/340px-Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis34.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1456" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis</figcaption></figure> <p>The church building features the characteristics of <a href="/wiki/Late_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Late Roman Empire">Late Roman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Early_Byzantium" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Byzantium">Early Byzantium</a> architecture.<sup id="cite_ref-mm_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mm-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It consists of two sections.<sup id="cite_ref-Un_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Un-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the southern building, there are two separate parts with two opposed <a href="/wiki/Buttress" title="Buttress">buttresses</a>. A square place of 7 m × 7 m (23 ft × 23 ft) with two doorways in the northern and southern walls is situated in the eastern part. Its eastern wall has an <a href="/wiki/Apse" title="Apse">apse</a>. On the west side, an arch opening leads to the western part of the southern section. The eastern part features wall decorations and <a href="/wiki/Frieze" title="Frieze">friezes</a> on the arches and apse's niche. <a href="/wiki/Corinthian_helmet" title="Corinthian helmet">Corinthian helmets</a> decorate all the buttresses except those facing west. It is likely that the middle and western buttresses were added later. The western part of the building has arched doors decorated with fine ornaments on the northern and southern walls. Eight of the doors in the northern and southern walls have horseshoe-like arches. The arches and the pillars are decorated with ornaments. An inscription in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a> found on the middle frieze reads: "This baptistery was built with the contribution of priest <a href="/wiki/Acepsimas_of_Hnaita" title="Acepsimas of Hnaita">Akepsyma</a> in 571 (359/360) when Volagesus was metropolitan. Let them be remembered before God". A dome, dated back to 1872 according to an inscription of it, covers the eastern square room. A chamber was added on the western side the same year. Beneath the eastern square room's floor, there is <a href="/wiki/Crypt" title="Crypt">crypt</a> containing a <a href="/wiki/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">sarcophagus</a>, which is believed to belong to Mor Yakup.<sup id="cite_ref-Un_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Un-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The northern section of the building was constructed by using the north wall of the southern section. The construction method of the buttresses in this section, which is also observed in many church buildings in <a href="/wiki/Tur_Abdin" title="Tur Abdin">Tur Abdin</a> in the same region, indicates that this part was built in the 8th century. It has the dimensions 7 m × 9.5 m (23 ft × 31 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-Un_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Un-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A third <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> is situated on a mosaic-covered platform in front of the southern section.<sup id="cite_ref-Un_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Un-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Excavation_and_restoration">Excavation and restoration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Excavation and restoration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A project for the restoration of the church building started in 2000. It was carried out by <a href="/wiki/%C3%87EK%C3%9CL" title="ÇEKÜL">ÇEKÜL</a>, the cultural heritage foundation, in collaboration with the Municipality of Nusaybin and the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_and_Tourism_(Turkey)" title="Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey)">Ministry of Culture and Tourism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mm_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mm-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Excavation works were carried out in the area between the church and the mosque as well as in the churchyard.<sup id="cite_ref-ms1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ms1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mm_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mm-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the removal of some 0.30–0.50 m (1 ft 0 in – 1 ft 8 in)-deep dirt, column <a href="/wiki/Pedestal" title="Pedestal">pedestals</a> were unearthed, and placed on a ground of fine-cut limestone. A masonry well of 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) depth still containing water has three different superimposed well tops, most likely due to the rising of the ground level with the dirt during all the years before. In the eastern section of the northern yard, a stone-covered platform is situated reachable by three stairs. A sarcophagus with <a href="/wiki/Acroterion" title="Acroterion">acroterion</a> was discovered under the platform. The eastern yard is covered with trees. Graves spreading the entire area were found in the western yard after the removal of nearly 7 m (23 ft)-thick dirt. The graves were dug in the east-west direction and were built in <a href="/wiki/Rubble_masonry" title="Rubble masonry">rubble masonry</a> or <a href="/wiki/Spolia" title="Spolia">spolia</a>. The skeletons are found laying on the back, arms crossed on the chest and heads turned facing east. In particular, children's graves and items were found such as glass bracelets, and necklaces made of various beads and <a href="/wiki/Trim_(sewing)" title="Trim (sewing)">trims</a>. Graves with late-period characteristics reveal the <a href="/wiki/Christian_burial" title="Christian burial">Christian burial</a> customs of <a href="/wiki/Assyrian_people" title="Assyrian people">Assyrian people</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mm_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mm-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seven residences, which were illegally built in the area between the church and the mosque, were dispossessed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and demolished when it appeared in 2007 and 2008 that annex buildings of the church were reaching out towards the mosque.<sup id="cite_ref-mm_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mm-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ms1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ms1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The foundation of the nonexistent Nisibis Cathedral, which was one of the biggest church buildings in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, and architectural structures of the <a href="/wiki/Artuqids" title="Artuqids">Artuqids</a> era (1101–1409) were unearthed. Excavations continued until 2014 in an area of 5,000 m<sup>2</sup> (54,000 sq ft). Thousands of ceramic, metal, glass, and stone artifacts unearthed during the 15-year-long excavations were included in the findings of 2017 and were analyzed and registered by a group of <a href="/wiki/Archaeology" title="Archaeology">archeologists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Art_history" title="Art history">art historians</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Conservator-restorer" title="Conservator-restorer">conservator-restorers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mardin_Museum" title="Mardin Museum">Mardin Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ms1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ms1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_Heritage_Site_status">World Heritage Site status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World Heritage Site status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The church site, together with the nearby <a href="/wiki/Zeynel_Abidin_Mosque_Complex" title="Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex">Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex</a> was added to the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> Tentative List on April 15, 2014, in the Cultural category.<sup id="cite_ref-Un_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Un-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ms1_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ms1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 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class="mw-redirect" title="The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman citadel">The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman citadel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Fortress" title="Van Fortress">Tushpa/Van Fortress, the Mound and the Old City of Van</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Marmara_region" title="Marmara region">Marmara<br />region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sangarius_Bridge" title="Sangarius Bridge">The Bridge of Justinian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzunk%C3%B6pr%C3%BC_Bridge" title="Uzunköprü Bridge">The Bridge of Uzunköprü</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dardanelles" title="Dardanelles">Çanakkale (Dardanelles)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Peninsula_Historical_Site" title="Gallipoli Peninsula Historical Site">Gelibolu (Gallipoli)</a> Battles Zones in the First World War</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0znik" title="İznik">İznik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuruosmaniye_Mosque" title="Nuruosmaniye Mosque">Nuruosmaniye Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Complex_of_Sultan_Bayezid_II" title="Complex of Sultan Bayezid II">Sultan Bayezid II Complex: A Center of Medical Treatment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1z_Palace" title="Yıldız Palace">Yıldız Palace Complex</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_region,_Turkey" title="Mediterranean region, Turkey">Mediterranean<br />region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alahan_Monastery" title="Alahan Monastery">Alahan Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alanya" title="Alanya">Alanya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancient_Cities_of_Lycian_Civilization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ancient Cities of 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Pierre Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karain_Cave" title="Karain Cave">Karain Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karatepe" title="Karatepe">Karatepe-Aslantaş Archaeological Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kekova" title="Kekova">Kekova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamure_Castle" title="Mamure Castle">Mamure Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_Demre" title="St. Nicholas Church, Demre">St. Nicholas Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul%27s_Church,_Tarsus" title="Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus">St.Paul Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul%27s_Well" title="Saint Paul's Well">Saint Paul's Well</a> and surrounding historic quarters</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspendos" title="Aspendos">The Theatre and Aqueducts of the Ancient City of Aspendos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vespasianus_Titus_Tunnel" title="Vespasianus Titus Tunnel">Vespasianus Titus Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yesemek_Quarry_and_Sculpture_Workshop" title="Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture 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