Çatıören
is an archaeological site in Mersin Province, Turkey. Geography The site is situated in the rural area of Erdemli district of Mersin Province. Its distance to Erdemli is about and to Mersin is . Visitors from Mersin follow Turkish state road State road D.400 (Turkey), D.400 and a village road from the town of AyaÅŸ, Erdemli, AyaÅŸ to north. The ruins are to the west of the road. History Due to scarcity of documents, the history of the site has not been studied and the original name of the site is unknown. The Turkish name means "roof-ruin". But the presence of a Hellenistic temple and polygonal masonry imply that the site was originally a Hellenistic site. It may be a 1st or 2nd century BC temple. The church however is probably a 6th-century Byzantine building. It seems, like many other similar sites the settlement continued uninterrupted from the Hellenistic to Byzantine age. The ruins Although the ruins are scattered around, only three building are partially standing. The b ...
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