Didyma
An ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo in the domain of Miletus, famed in antiquity for its oracle. The remains of its Hellenistic temple, with huge columns still standing, are among the best preserved from classical antiquity.
- Where
- Didim, Aydın, Türkiye
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 37.3850, 27.2564
Get the Didyma stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Didyma. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Aydın volume with your photos and a note.
Near Didyma
Miletus 16 km
The ruins of a wealthy ancient Greek city near the mouth of the Maeander, once a sea power with colonies far and wide. Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes, the first Greek philosophers, worked here, and its great theatre still stands.
Priene 31 km
An ancient Greek city laid out on terraces at the foot of Mount Mycale, once on the sea but now inland after the river silted up the bay. Its grid of streets and the columns of its Temple of Athena look out over the Maeander plain.
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 41 km
The site of the tomb built between 353 and 351 BC for Mausolus and Artemisia II, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the source of the word mausoleum. Only foundations and scattered stones remain, with a small museum beside them.
Bodrum Castle 42 km
Built from 1402 by the Knights of St John as the Castle of St Peter, on a point between Bodrum's two harbours. Its English, French, German and Italian towers are named for the nations that built them, and it now holds a museum of underwater archaeology.
tunnel of Eupalinos 45 km
A water tunnel about 1,036 metres long, dug through a mountain on Samos in the 6th century BC. Workers began from both ends and met in the middle, and part of it is open to visitors.
Leros 45 km
A Dodecanese island with deep natural bays and a hilltop Byzantine and Knights castle above the village of Pandeli. The port of Lakki has a collection of Italian Art Deco buildings from the 1930s, built during the Italian rule.
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 46 km
A UNESCO site on Samos with the harbour town of Pythagoreio, ancient walls and a vast sanctuary of Hera. Only one column of the huge Heraion still stands, and the city was home to Pythagoras.
Asclepeion of Kos 57 km
A sanctuary on the island of Kos dedicated to Asclepius, the god of healing, and one of the most famous in the ancient world. It was a healing centre linked to Hippocrates, who was born on the island, and it has terraces rising up a hillside.
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Questions
Where is Didyma?
Didyma is in Didim, Aydın, Türkiye. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Miletus (16 km), Priene (31 km), Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (41 km).
How do I get the Didyma stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Didyma and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Aydın volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Didyma before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Aydın volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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