Kazankaya Kybele Rock Relief and Open Air Temple

History & True Legends / Legends Kazankaya Kybele Rock Relief is the largest Kybele relief known in Anatolia, carved into the steep rocky wall of Kazankaya Canyon, dating back to the Hellenistic/Roman period of the 2nd century BC. This monument depicts Kybele, the goddess of fertility and nature, sitting on her throne, with a polos crown on her head and a scepter in her hand, engraved on a steep rock at a height of approximately 3.16 meters. It is an open-air temple built in ancient times to bless the fertility of the river. The relief overlooking the river that has been flowing for thousands of years in the mystical atmosphere of the canyon is one of the most admirable legacies of the ancient world of faith.

Geographical Structure & Altitude & Nature It is located on the steep western rock slope of Kazankaya Canyon, on the steep cliff surface approximately 10 meters above the river bottom, at an altitude of 760 meters.

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