Misis (Mopsuestia) Attractions

Eastwards from Adana the road to Iskenderun crosses the Cilician Plain (Çukurova), to arrive after about 25km/15mi at Misis (Yakapinar), the site of ancient Mopsuestia. The town extends on both banks of the Ceyhan, here spanned by a nine-arched Roman bridge. The main feature of interest in Misis is the Mosaic Museum, erected over the mosaic pavement of a small church, the latter having presumably been destroyed during the Arab incursions of the eighth century. The mosaics, built up from pieces of variously colored stone and glass, date from the time of Bishop Theodore (fourth century)