Lycian acropolis
Lycian acropolis is a ruins in Kaş İlçesi, Antalya Province. Lycian acropolis is situated nearby to the theater building Xanthos theater, as well as near the ruins Baths.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kınık and Harpy Tomb.
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.
Harpy Tomb
Tomb
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 220 metres southeast of Lycian acropolis.
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 Lycian acropolis.
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 Lycian acropolis.
Lycian acropolis
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Kaş İlçesi, Antalya Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.35603° or 36° 21′ 22″ northLongitude
29.31824° or 29° 19′ 6″ eastOpen location code
8G8F9849+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 7705249863OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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