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Red Basilica

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Ryan Horne

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Sep 20, 2018 03:19 PM — History

tags: Serapis, extant remains, temple

A Roman temple built above the Selinus river which was originally constructed for the worship of Egyptian gods, most likely Isis and/or Serapis. In the Byzantine era it was converted into a church of St. John. It was subsequently ruined, although the rotunda on the north side is still an active mosque.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/923431995

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.121933, 27.183391

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of the Red Basilica (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Kızıl Avlu (Turkish, modern)

Red Basilica makes connections with:

Red Basilica located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
Red Basilica connection Selinous (river) (unspecified date range)

Red Basilica receives connections from:

None

Place type:
basilica, mosque, temple, church, monastery (deprecated)

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Ryan Horne, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Red Basilica: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/923431995> [accessed: 25 April 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/923431995 |title=Places: 923431995 (Red Basilica) |author=Horne, R. |accessdate=April 25, 2025 3:05 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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