Didyma sanctuary, which belongs to the port city Miletus, BC. 7/8. It has been connected to this city with the "Sacred Way" since the 19th century. The earliest building ruins and archaeological documents we have received, BC. It is dated to the late 8th century. Didyma considered one of the most famous prophecy centres of antiquity, Apollo was famous for its sanctuary and the importance of the sanctuary. From the 6th century on, it gained a visible meaning with a monumental temple structure. It is one of the largest temples of its time. 

In Didyma, besides Apollo, some gods, some of whom even had their own cult structures, were worshipped. Like Miletos, undoubtedly among the other leading gods, BC. It was destroyed by the Persians at the beginning of the 5th century. In the future, the new temple, which will be the centre of one of the most important cult centres, was visited not only by the rulers of the Hellenistic period but also by the Roman emperors. 4/3. It was built in the century. Then, the collapse of the city started with the increasing attacks of invading people groups who carried out threats and destructions in the Roman Empire in the 3rd century AD. 

Apart from this, the cult of prophecy has become an undesirable situation due to the continuing spread of Christianity, after all, after the decree approved by the Emperor Theodosius between 385 and 392 AD, Christianity gained the most pronounced form of expression in the inner courtyard of the temple of Apollo. The basilica in question was completely dismantled during the excavations carried out between 1906 and 1913. Numerous earthquakes that have continued since the 7th century AD have accelerated the destruction of the sanctuary.

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