Pamukkale

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Pamukkale is a natural site in Turkey featuring striking white travertine terraces created by mineral-rich hot spring water flowing down a mountainside. The terraces are visually distinctive and geologically significant, making Pamukkale an important natural landmark.

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UNESCO World Heritage Site.image: Pamukkale 30.jpg
UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright: 1.2
UNESCO World Heritage Site.caption: Panoramic view of travertine at Pamukkale
UNESCO World Heritage Site.official_name: Hierapolis-Pamukkale
UNESCO World Heritage Site.location: Denizli Province, Turkey
UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria: (iii)(iv)(vii)
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID: 485
UNESCO World Heritage Site.year: 1988
UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin: Turkey

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: hot spring
Part of: Hierapolis-Pamukkale
Country: Turkey
Located in: Pamukkale district
Official website: www.pamukkale.gov.tr/EN
Image: Pamukkale 30.jpg

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Commons category: Pamukkale
different from: Pamukkale district
located in/on physical feature: Aegean Region

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geology
History
Iron Age
Phrygian period
Classical Age
Hellenistic period
Roman period
Museum
Tourism and conservation
World Heritage Site
Sister cities
Similar places
Notes
Further reading
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Pamukkale, () meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of thermal spring water. It is located in Turkey's Inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes valley, which has a temperate climate for most of the year.

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