Where goddesses loved and fought

Hera, the sister-wife of Zeus, with whom the king of the gods agreed to share power, certainly deserves her own temple and city, in a place of divine beauty. Pamukkale was that place.

Pamukkale (Turkish for cotton castle) in Denizli in southwestern Turkey, is where nature has worked a miracle over the past millennia: The area is endowed with many hot springs. When the calcium-rich water reaches the surface from the depths of the earth, carbon dioxide de-gasses from it, and calcium carbonate is deposited as a soft gel, before it eventually crystallizes into travertine.

The terraced landscape is bleached and smoothed. The result is a snow-white color and a shimmering sheen that could be said of Hera's supple, spotless skin.

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