Criterion (iii): Hierapolis is an exceptional example of a Greco-Roman ... The Turkish name Pamukkale, meaning “cotton castle”, is derived from this striking landscape. The property is largely intact ...

The name, which means "cotton castle" in Turkish ... the Hellenistic period — established a thermal spa town called Hierapolis near the travertines in the second century B.C., the ruins of ...

Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace ... established the thermal spa of Hierapolis. The ruins of the ...