[7] Although no remains were visible on the surface in 2005, a systematic geophysical survey over Zımbıllı Tepe detected the outline of a large city with roads, public buildings, and two theaters that were successively archaeologically investigated.

[11] A multiphase Roman domus at the north-eastern foot of Zımbıllı Tepe was first discovered in 1984 by a rescue intervention of the Museum of Kastamonu and reopened in 2006-2008 by the German team.

The grand-house is 2550 square metres wide, its layout is organized around a central peristyle and the northern side is provided by an honour court with direct accesses to wealthy reception rooms decorated with opus sectile wall revetments and mosaic floors.

The extensive excavation of the grand-house, still in progress, is accompanied by a systematic conservation program financed by the Meda Foundation,[13] aimed at preserving and developing the monument into a public archaeological area with the involvement of local expertise and stakeholders.

[14] Although no architectural remains in hitherto excavated areas can yet be assigned to the early phase of the city several coin-finds from this period leave no doubt about the localization of Pompeiopolis on the Zımbıllı Tepe.

The stone bridge which spans the Amnias River (Gökirmak)linked the Roman period urban center on the Zımbıllı Tepe with the opposite riverbank where the farmlands of the city were situated.

The Byzantine Pompeiopolis is covered today by Taşköprü where building remains and finds are observed in the construction pits of the underground car park of Cumhuriyet Meydanı.