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Ancient road ( tr, Antik yol) at ( extending to ) is the unearthed section of an ancient road in the historical city of Tarsus, Turkey.
Tarsus, an ancient city known as the birthplace of
Ancient road ( tr, Antik yol) at ( extending to ) is the unearthed section of an ancient road in the historical city of Tarsus, Turkey.
Tarsus, an ancient city known as the birthplace of Paul the Apostle
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
, is now a major district center in Mersin Province, Turkey. The road was accidentally unearthed in a construction pit in 1993. The construction was abandoned and the road is now surrounded by mesh wire panel for protection.
The road was undoubtedly constructed during the Roman Empire period and probably in the first century AD. The width of the road is The construction material is basalt stone and underneath the road a sewage system had been laid down which makes the road unique among the other Anatolian roads of the era. On the west and east of the road there are stylobates.''Tarsus'', (Touristic booklet published by the Tarsus mayor), p 18
There is a Roman road
Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...
at the north of Tarsus, but it is not known if the two roads were connected during the ancient ages.
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