Myra
Myra was a city in Lycia in what is today Turkey. The city was probably founded by Lycians, and was located on the river Myros, in the fertile alluvial plain between, the Massikytos range and the Aegean Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Myra and St. Nicholas.
St. Nicholas
Museum
Photo: Rigorius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Nicholas Church is an ancient East Roman basilica church in the ancient city of Myra, now a museum located in modern Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey.
Sura
Archaeological site
Sura or Soura was a town of ancient Lycia, noted for its oracle of Apollo. Its site is located near Yuva Koyu in modern Asiatic Turkey. Sura is situated 4 km southwest of Myra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Köşkerler and Beymelek.
Köşkerler
Village
Köşkerler is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,282. Köşkerler is 3 kilometres from the town of Demre. Köşkerler is situated 2½ km northeast of Myra.
Beymelek
Suburb
Beymelek is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,708. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Beymelek is situated 3½ km southeast of Myra.
Gürses
Village
Gürses is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 383. Gürses is situated 4 km west of Myra.
Myra
- Type: Abandoned locality
- Description: ancient city of Lycia in modern-day Turkey
- Categories: ancient city and archaeological site
- Location: Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Myra” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميرا”
- Azerbaijani: “Mira”
- Belarusian: “Міра”
- Breton: “Mira”
- Bulgarian: “Мира (град)”
- Bulgarian: “Мира”
- Catalan: “Mira”
- Chinese: “米拉_”
- Chinese: “米拉”
- Croatian: “Mira (Turska)”
- Croatian: “Mira”
- Czech: “Demre”
- Czech: “Myra”
- Danish: “Myra”
- Dutch: “Demre”
- Dutch: “Myra (plaats)”
- Dutch: “Myra”
- Esperanto: “Mira”
- Finnish: “Myra (Lyykia)”
- Finnish: “Myra”
- French: “Myra”
- French: “Myre”
- Galician: “Myra”
- Georgian: “მირა”
- German: “Myra”
- Greek: “Μύρα”
- Hebrew: “מירה”
- Hungarian: “Müra”
- Indonesian: “Myra”
- Irish: “Míora”
- Italian: “Myra”
- Japanese: “マイラ”
- Japanese: “ミュラ”
- Japanese: “ミラ”
- Javanese: “Myra”
- Korean: “뮈라”
- Latin: “Myra”
- Luxembourgish: “Demre”
- Luxembourgish: “Mira”
- Luxembourgish: “Myra”
- Luxembourgish: “Myre”
- Marathi: “मायरा”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Myra i Lykia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Myra i Tyrkia”
- Persian: “میرا”
- Polish: “Mira”
- Polish: “Myra”
- Portuguese: “Mira”
- Romanian: “Myra”
- Russian: “Мира”
- Russian: “Миры Ликийские”
- Serbian: “Мира”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mira”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Myra”
- Slovenian: “Mira, Likija”
- Slovenian: “Mira”
- Spanish: “Mira”
- Spanish: “Myra”
- Swedish: “Myra”
- Turkish: “Demre”
- Turkish: “Mira”
- Turkish: “Myra”
- Ukrainian: “Мира місто”
- Ukrainian: “Мира”
- Ukrainian: “Мири Лікійські”
- Ukrainian: “Міра місто”
- Ukrainian: “Міра”
- Western Armenian: “Միրա”
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