Destruction of Allianoi Roman Bath Complex, Turkey
In February of 2011, the ancient Roman bath complex of Allianoi was completely inundated with water following the construction of the Yortanlı Dam and the subsequent flooding of its reservoir.
Click here to interactively view Allianoi on GHN before and after i... The boundary of the current reservoir can be overlaid over historic high-resolution satellite imagery generously donated by DigitalGlobe.
On the GHN Site Panel, click on the Map Layers tab and under the Satellite Imagery section you can click on the "2011 Worldview-2 Imagery (Oct 20)" checkbox to view the full extent of the current reservoir that has recently flooded the site completely.You can also load older satellite images to see the site before it was flooded.
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