The Temple of Apollo

The Temple of Apollo in the ancient city of Didyma, located in Altınkum, is the third largest temple to Apollo, the god of music, art, and the sun. The temple, built in honor of Alexander the Great's victory over the Persians, bears traces of Hellenistic architecture. In the past, the temple functioned as an important center of prophecy, and people would undertake long journeys and donate large sums of money to learn prophecies on various subjects. The first excavations of the temple, which is thought to have been completed in the middle of the 6th century BC, were carried out by the British in 1858 and found evidence of the existence of a huge temple made of 124 columns in two rows. The temple, which is thought to have been completed in the middle of the 20th century, was first excavated by the British in 1858 and has been found to indicate the existence of a huge temple made of 124 columns in two rows.