Not far from the Corycian Cave, the Temple of Zeus, and the curiously named ancient city of Coryicus, is the ancient site of Imbriogion, located in the village of Demircili.
The village of Demircili is built over ancient Imbriogon, which today still displays the magnificent mausoleums built for rich citizenry of the 1st centuries AD.
The lower mausoleum (pictured above and below) measures approximately 5m x 4m x 6m, and is decorated with attached columns with capitals in the Corinthian order on its corners.
A side view of the lower mausoleum (pictured below) shows the tiles that still protect the inner chamber after nearly two-thousand years. The mausoleum is missing the two central columns, and the architrave has collapsed.
The mausoleums pictured below are 50 meters further up the road from the Lower tombs. The tomb on the left measures 5m x 6m x 6m, and was fronted with beautifully ornamented Corinthian columns, of which two remain.
The tomb on the right measures 4m x 4m x 7.5m, and is decorated with columns of both the Ionic order (lower level) and the Corinthian order with fluted columns (upper level).
The mausoleum pictured below is the Imbriogion Mausoleum (36°25'38.8"N 33°56'56.4"E), which is located about 500 meters down the road from the Demircili mausoleums. This two story structure measures approximately 4.5m x 4m x 7.5m, and is similar in design to the mausoleum at Demircili (pictured above, on the right).
Again, this mausoleum is also decorated with columns of both the Ionic order (lower level) and the Corinthian order (upper level).
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