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The Plutonium, or Hell's Gate

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Hades/Pluto at the Plutonium

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Theatre at the Heirapolis

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The Plutonium, or Hell's Gate

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Pamukkale is a fairyland of dazzling white, petrified castles. It is a magical and spectacular natural site, unique in the world. Thermal spring waters laden with calcareous salts running off the plateau's edge, have created this fantastic formation of stalactites, cataracts and basins.

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