Tapureli ruins are inMersin Province,Turkey.
Limonlu River is a small river inErdemli district of Mersin Province. It was namedLamos River in the antiquity and it was usually taken as the borderline betweenCilicia Trachaea andCilicia Pedias. Tapureli ruins are situated on a plateau which overlooks the canyon of the river at about36°39′N34°02′E / 36.650°N 34.033°E /36.650; 34.033. The ruins are named after theTurkmen village about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north east of the ruins. The altitude of the ruins which are embosomed by the dense forestry is 1,080 metres (3,540 ft). The distance to Erdemli is 35 kilometres (22 mi) and toMersin is 70 kilometres (43 mi)[1]
The original settlement was aHellenistic settlement which was rebuilt duringRoman (and earlyByzantine) era. The ruins which are more or less devastated are examples of civil architecture including five churches, a necropolis, a horizontal sundial, cisterns as well as houses. The finds retrieved after the excavations carried on in the eastern church code named A are now exhibited inMersin Archaeological Museum.[2]
