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Ancient Greco-Roman city ruins with a large stadium with capacity for 30 thousand spectators — one of the largest in Asia Minor. Excavations continue, so this is a "live" site not yet prettified for the public.
Magnesia or Magnesia on the Maeander was an ancient Greek city in Ionia, considerable in size, at an important location commercially and strategically in the triangle of Priene, Ephesus and Tralles. The city was named Magnesia, after the Magnetes from Thessaly who settled the area along with some Cretans. It was later called "on the Meander" to distinguish it from the nearby Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum. It was earlier the site of Leucophrys mentioned by several ancient writers.
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Oleatrium Zeytin ve Zeytinyağı Tarihi Müzesi
2500 years of olive oil manufacturing techniques.