Harpy Tomb
The Harpy Tomb is a marble chamber from a pillar tomb that stands in the abandoned city of Xanthos, capital of ancient Lycia, a region of southwestern Anatolia in what is now Turkey.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kınık and Nereid Monument.
Kınık
Photo: Nikolas lloyd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kınık is a town in Lycia, 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. Kınık had a population of 6120 in 2022.
Nereid Monument
Monument
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The Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in Lycia, close to present-day Fethiye in Mugla Province, Turkey. 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 Lycia under the Achaemenid Empire. Nereid Monument is situated 300 metres southeast of Harpy Tomb.
Letoon
Archaeological site
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Letoon or Letoum in the Fethiye district of Muğla Province, Turkey, was a sanctuary of Leto located 4 kilometres south of the ancient city of Xanthos, to which it was closely associated, and along the Xanthos River. Letoon is situated 4 km southwest of Harpy Tomb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kınık and Çavdır.
Kınık
Village
Kınık is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 6,120. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.
Çavdır
Village
Çavdır is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,830. Çavdır is situated 3 km east of Harpy Tomb.
Karadere
Village
Karadere is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Seydikemer, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,125. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Karadere is situated 4½ km west of Harpy Tomb.
Harpy Tomb
- Type: Tomb
- Description: mausoleum in Kaş District
- Categories: mausoleum, historic site, and burial
- Location: Kaş İlçesi, Antalya Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
36.3568° or 36° 21′ 25″ northLongitude
29.31797° or 29° 19′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8G8F9849+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 4990162831OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q3531101
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Harpy Tomb” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Monument de les Harpies”
- Chinese: “鷂鷹之墓”
- Chinese: “鹞鹰之墓”
- Finnish: “Harpyijahauta”
- French: “tombe des Harpies”
- French: “Tombe des Harpies”
- French: “Tombeau des Harpies”
- Greek: “Τάφος των Αρπυιών”
- Italian: “Monumento delle Arpie”
- Persian: “آرامگاه هارپی”
- Spanish: “Monumento de las Arpías”
- Spanish: “Monumento de las Harpias”
- Spanish: “Monumento de las Harpías”
- Turkish: “Harpy Anıtı”
- Turkish: “Harpy Mezarı”
- Turkish: “Haryp Dikme Gömütü”
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Highlights include Xanthos theater and Agora.
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