The site has had only a little excavation and apparently few visitors as when I visited we were the only ones there.
The Greek geographer Strabo studied rhetoric and grammar at Nysa, and the city was internationally known as a centre of teaching and learning. It also had a shrine of Pluto, the god of the underworld, with which was associated a famous healing centre dedicated to the minor deity Charon.
In antiquity, Nysa was also known as Athymb. According to Strabo, Nysa resulted from the amalgamation of three towns that were founded by three brothers, Athymbros, Athymbrados, and Hydrelos. The townspeople were still called Athymbrianoi in a letter sent in 281 B.C. The city was finally abandoned after being sacked by Tamerlane in 1402.
The view over the Maeander valley.
The Agora or market place.
The Agora or market place.
The bouleuterion or council chamber with 12 rows of seats, offered room for up to 600-700 people.
The Theatre with capacity for 12,000 people.
The entrance to the tunnel that allows water to flow through the 'causeway' between the city and the theatre.
The Library dating from the 2nd century A.D. is considered to be Turkey's second-best preserved ancient library structure after the Library of Celsus at Ephesus.
The Library.Nysa also boasts a 30,000 capacity stadium which has been badly damaged by flooding and is not shown here.