Gerga Ancient City, located in Deliktaş Locality, Çine district of Aydın, is an important center reflecting the Carian culture. The most important structure of the city is still standing and has features that can be called a temple. There is an inscription on the pediment of the building with a triangular pediment, made of large cut stones. It is thought that the huge statue that fell to the ground right below the building may belong to Cybele. As far as it is learned from the sources and the surrounding people, the statue was standing about 20-30 years before our time."
Sunday, we got up when it was still dark for a trip with Zirve Dağçılık to Gerga. We made it to the meeting place in time for a glass of tea before
Gerga itself is impressive. There has been some work there, but it’s not in the slightest bit restored. It’s spread between a series of fields separated by
We got a talk about the history of the place and some of the attached mythology.