🇹🇷 SAGALASSOS: Ancient Rome’s “City of the Imperial Cult” in Turkey | Walking Tour w/ Music

Nothing had prepared me for the shock of my life. The UNESCO ancient Imperial Roman city of Sagalassos, perched majestically on a mountaintop in the Burdur Province of Turkey, is the most beautiful ancient Roman city I’ve ever seen in Turkey. The stunning architecture and intricate designs on the columns, around the buildings, and among the ruins are breathtaking and extraordinary. During the Roman imperial time, Sagalassos was a wealthy and important metropolis in ancient Pisidia and favored by the imperial Roman Emperors, especially Emperor Hadrian, who called it “The Imperial City of the Cult.“ Sagalassos was renowned for producing high-quality pottery and agricultural products in its heyday. A large temple was built and dedicated to the Roman Emperors, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius amid the ancient ruins. Emperor Hadrian built Sagalassos’ amphitheater during his reign. Surprisingly, in the ruins of the Roman bath complex, archaeologists discovered colossal heads and leg fragments of Emper