Historic · Seyitgazi, Eskişehir
Kümbet Valley of Highland Phrygia
A valley holding the Phrygian rock monument known as the Lion Temple and a Seljuk-era tomb.
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In Seyitgazi district, on the ancient road leading to Yazılıkaya, the religious centre of the Phrygian civilisation, Kümbet Valley is one of the valleys of the Highland Phrygia region lying within Eskişehir province. On the mound where Kümbet village stands are Solon's Tomb (also known as the Lion Temple for its lion reliefs), built in the Phrygian period and reused in Roman times, and the Himmet Baba Tomb, a 13th-century Seljuk-era monument.