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The Temple of Apollo stands by the sea at the tip of the ancient city of Side. Built around AD 150 under Emperor Antoninus Pius, it keeps five marble columns with part of the entablature, re-erected in 1984–1990 and repaired in 2017; Medusa heads decorate the frieze. The remains of the Temple of Athena lie beside it.
Side Museum occupies a Roman bath of the 2nd century AD opposite the agora of ancient Side, restored in 1959–1961 and opened as a museum in 1962. It shows finds from the city's excavations: statues, reliefs, sarcophagi, inscriptions in Greek and in the local Sidetic language, and coins of the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods, with more stonework in the garden.
The Manavgat Waterfall lies on the Manavgat River about 3 km north of the town of Manavgat and some 8 km from Side. The river spreads across a wide rock ledge and drops only 3 to 4 metres; paths, tea gardens and fish restaurants line the banks. In floods the falls can disappear under the high water, and they appeared on Turkish 5-lira notes of 1968–1983.
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