Özet:

During the ages, Eskişehir has been an important crossroads between the Inner Anadolu and the West and Northwest Anadolu as it is today. In the Roman era, the settlement was named Dorylaeum or Dorlaeum in Latin, while in the Byzantine era it was named Dorylaion in Greek from the Hellenistic era. The ancient name of the city, named in Arabic sources by the names of Darauliya, Adruliya or Drusilia, has not been preserved, unlike many cities in Anadolu, and the name of Dorylaion has been forgotten over time with the change of the settlement center. Today the Turks settled in the area referred to as the Odunpazari of the city, the abandoned and devastated Dorylaion Castle, the Sharhöyük (Shahr/City höyük) and the settlement center where the hamams were called the old city, with the time the settlement again spread to that area, the city center was named Eskişehir. The earliest remains of the Byzantine period which could be entered into the city's territory and reached today belong to the time of Emperor I. Justinianus. Today the mountain Frigya, in the early Byzantine period, and the settlement located within the area called Phrygia Salutaris (Healing Frigya), is famous for its natural hot water sources that feed this name accordingly. Today there are still many hammas in the Sıcaksular region, but there are no remains of a hammas from the Byzantine era yet. Byzantine-era structures are represented by two castles in the settlement center, while a large part of the periodic works that reaches today are rocky structures located in the Frig Valley. This study aims to promote the Byzantine Period structures remaining within the current administrative limits of the Eskişehir province with its general lines and to support the work in the fields of culture, tourism, history, art history and archaeology that will be carried out towards Eskişehir. The information submitted is not merely collected from library work and sources but is supported by surface research and documentation work that we do.

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