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on skeletal evidence found between the villages of Bademağacı and Oba northeast
of the city, Alanya is believed to have been inhabited in pre-historic times.Alanya
was sometimes considered part of Cilicia and sometimes part of Pamphilia. It was
later ruled by the Hittites and Romans respectively. In a bad state of repair
after a number of invasions and wars, the city was rebuilt by the Romans. In the
Byzantine era, Alanya was called Kolonoros, which means the 'beautiful mountain'. |
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