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Lagina Hecate Sanctuary dazes visitors
Lagina Hecate Sanctuary dazes visitors
Located in the Yatağan district of western Muğla province, the 3,000-year-old Lagina Hecate Sanctuary is considered as the center of Pagan belief and was a religious center of Stratonikeia Ancient City. (Photos: Alamy)
The fact that the temple, which was built in the name of Hecate who was one of the important goddesses of the ancient period, is located in Lagina that made the sacred area even more important.
No larger sanctuary than this one had ever been built in the name of the goddess Hecate.
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