Balçova

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Balçova
Location in Turkey
Location in Turkey
Overview
Province İzmir Province
Coordinates NA
Postal code 35x xx
Area code 0232
Licence plate code 35
Website http://www.balcova.bel.tr

Balçova is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey. It is one of the metropolitan districts of Greater İzmir and it lies at about ten kilometers west of the historic city center (Konak) on the main road to Çeşme.

Balçova is home to İzmir University of Economics.

It is also notable for its baths, well-known since the antiquity, and associated with Agamemnon.

[edit] Agamemnon Baths

The name is ancient and makes reference to a contingent of Greeks under Agamemnon during the Trojan War who were led by an oracle to the warm springs to heal their wounds after a battle. Aelius Aristides had also frequently resorted in the baths and had reported that it was here that Asclepius had first began to prohetise.

A number of hot sulphurous springs rise in and around a small stream, which previously dried up in summer, but which is now kept in service all year round thanks to modern installations centered around a five-star hotel. The waters, of a temperature of to 160 degrees Fahrenheit, are considered good for rheumatism, sciatica, gallstones and eczema. The baths are remain extremely popular both by themselves and by the thermal establishment's having extended its range of activities also in the field of congress and exhibition tourism. [1]

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  1. ^ In his 1966 archaeological guide on Aegean Turkey, George E. Bean, who remains one of the foremost references in his field, had noted that, on the signpost for the baths, Agamemnon had become Ağamemnun (literally, "the agha is contented" in Turkish), adding, in time, no doubt, he will be Memnun Ağa. George E. Bean. Aegean Turkey: An archaeological guide ISBN 978-0510032005, 1967 (in English). Ernest Benn, London. 
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