Cesme info

The fountain is a charming holiday village that embraces healing hot waters, extraordinary countable sand, sun and clarity. Çeşme İzmir is 94 km. west, on the far side of the peninsula that carries its name. It's called a small harbor by the seafarers. Due to the fountains that are proliferating over time and are active in the cold waters, it is also called the local Çeşme.
15 km. It is known that the Ionian town to the north of Cesme, the port of Erythrai, is a small residential area in Kalemburna in the year of 1000 BC. The Erythrai Antique City unearthed in the village of Çeşme-Ildırı and the castle, caravanserai, the numerous fountains from the Ottoman period in the city of Çeşme and the civil architectural examples of the old city are examples of archeological and historical sources.
In the excavations made in the Acropolis, which remains today, the hill in the middle of the city is found with statues presented as a sacrifice to the temple of Athena Pallas. Most importantly in the finds, a female sculpture dating from the Archaic period is exhibited in İzmir Archeology museum. Every year in July the international song festival takes place.

History: Known as Cyssus in the first period, Cesme was the Ildiri İskelesi of Erythrai (Eritre), one of the 12 Ion cities estimated in the 10,000 BC on the west coast of Anatolia. Erythrai, BC It was a very large and important settlement center in the 6th century. Erythrai, who has a very protective harbor, has developed relations with Egypt, Cyprus and western countries and has developed trade.
After Lydian and Persian rule, it remained under Roman and Byzantine rule. Fountain, Seljuk, Ottoman, Aydınoğulları and again Ottoman Period.
Climate: Mediterranean climate is experienced. Extremely hot and open to the winds blowing from the north.

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