Narlıkuyu Museum

Narlıkuyu Mosaic Museum is a small museum in Narlıkuyu, Turkey that encompasses a Roman bath with a mosaic tile floor. The mosaic depicts the Three Graces. Location Main article: Narlıkuyu Narlıkuyu is a town in Silifke ilçe (district) of Mersin Province . Narlıkuyu is 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Silifke and 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Mersin . It is situated in a small Mediterranean bay which is fed by freshwater. The museum is actually a closed area of mosaic and it is situated just at the back of the restaurants at 36°26′38″N 34°06′49″E  /  36.44389°N 34.11361°E  / 36.44389; 34.11361 . History During the Roman Empire , Narlıkuyu was called Porto Calamie . In the 4th century A.D., Poimenios, the Roman governor of nearby Corycus , (modern Kızkalesi) commissioned a bath and baptism complex in Porto Calamie. The source of the bath water was an underground stream from the sinkhole Cennet , which is in the Taurus Mountains , 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) northwest of Porto Calamie. The bath survives and, in 1976, a 65.28 m 2 (702.7 sq ft) building was constructed to house the bath. The building is now under the supervision of the.