Nereid Monument

The Nereid Monument 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.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: antique sculptured tomb monument in Lycia (Turkey)
  • Also known as: “Nereid monument” and “tomb of Arbinas”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kınık and Harpy Tomb.

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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.

Tomb
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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 300 metres northwest of Nereid Monument.

Archaeological site
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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. is situated 4 km southwest of Nereid Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kınık and Çavdır.

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

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 3,830. is situated 3 km east of Nereid Monument.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 3,125. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. is situated 4½ km west of Nereid Monument.

Nereid Monument

Latitude
36.35473° or 36° 21′ 17″ north
Longitude
29.32007° or 29° 19′ 12″ east
Open location code
8G8F983C+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4990203522
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q890386
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Nereid Monument” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “涅瑞伊得斯紀念碑”
  • Esperanto: “Monumento de la Nereidinoj”
  • Finnish: “Nereidimuistomerkki”
  • French: “monument des Néréides”
  • French: “Monument des Néréides”
  • German: “Nereidenmonument von Xanthos”
  • Hungarian: “Nereida mauzóleum”
  • Italian: “Monumento delle Nereidi”
  • Italian: “tomba di Arbinas”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه نرئید”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Nereid w Ksantos”
  • Portuguese: “Monumento a Nereida”
  • Russian: “Монумент Нереид”
  • Serbian: “Nereidin spomenik”
  • Slovenian: “Spomenik Nereid”
  • Spanish: “Monumento de las Nereidas”
  • Swedish: “Nereidmonumentet”
  • Turkish: “Nereid Anıtı”
  • Turkish: “Nereidler Anıtı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монумент нереїд”

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