Letoon

Letoon or Letoum in the district of , Turkey, was a sanctuary of Leto located 4 kilometres south of the ancient city of , to which it was closely associated, and along the Xanthos River.
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  • Opening hours:
    November: 8:30 AM—7:30 PM
    March: 8:30 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Ancient Lycian city and part of UNESCO World Heritage site in Turkey
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kınık and Nereid Monument.

Photo: Nikolas lloyd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The reason to visit is the ancient Lycian sites of Xanthos and Letoon, both inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. had a population of 6120 in 2022.

Monument
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The is a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in , close to present-day Fethiye in Mugla Province, . It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a base decorated with sculpted friezes, and is thought to have been built in the early fourth century BC as a tomb for Arbinas, the Xanthian dynast who ruled western under the Achaemenid Empire. is situated 4 km northeast of Letoon.

Tomb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The is a marble chamber from a pillar tomb that stands in the abandoned city of , capital of ancient , a region of southwestern in what is now Turkey. is situated 4 km northeast of Letoon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karadere and Kınık.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 3,125. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 6,120. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. is situated 3½ km northeast of Letoon.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 5,780. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. is situated 4 km southeast of Letoon.

Letoon

Latitude
36.33159° or 36° 19′ 54″ north
Longitude
29.28919° or 29° 17′ 21″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
8G8F87JQ+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1083787493
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
8410833
Wiki­data ID
Q703480
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Letoon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليتاؤون”
  • Armenian: “Լետոն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Letoon”
  • Basque: “Letoon”
  • Belarusian: “Летаон”
  • Catalan: “Letoon”
  • Catalan: “Letòon”
  • Chinese: “莱顿”
  • Chinese: “萊頓”
  • Croatian: “Letoon”
  • Czech: “Letoon”
  • Dutch: “Letoon”
  • Finnish: “Letoon (Ksanthos)”
  • Finnish: “Letoon”
  • French: “Letoon”
  • French: “Létoon”
  • French: “Létôon”
  • Galician: “Letoon”
  • Georgian: “ლეტოონი”
  • German: “Letoon”
  • Greek: “Λητώον”
  • Hebrew: “לטואון”
  • Hindi: “लेटून”
  • Hungarian: “Letoon”
  • Italian: “Letoon”
  • Japanese: “レトーン”
  • Korean: “레툰”
  • Lithuanian: “Letonas”
  • Maltese: “Letoon”
  • Persian: “لاتون (لیکیه)”
  • Persian: “لاتون”
  • Polish: “Letoon”
  • Polish: “Letoön”
  • Portuguese: “Letoon”
  • Russian: “Летоон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Letoon”
  • Slovenian: “Letoon”
  • Spanish: “Letoon”
  • Swedish: “Letoon”
  • Turkish: “Letoon”
  • Turkish: “Litoon”
  • Ukrainian: “Летоон”
  • Urdu: “لیتون”
  • Vietnamese: “Letoon”

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