Patara

Patara is in on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. In ancient times it was an important city, birthplace of St Nicholas, but was abandoned and lost under sand dunes until rediscovered in the 1980s.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Lycian settlement on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey
  • Also known as: “Arsinoe”, “Arsinoë”, “Mint of Patara”, “Patara di Licia”, “Patare”, “Patras”, “Pttara”, “Αρσινόη”, “Πάτερα”, and “Πάτρατα”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Patara Lighthouse and Patara North gate.

Photo: Chescargot, CC BY-SA 4.0.

City gate
Photo: Chescargot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gelemiş.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kaş, , .

Patara

Latitude
36.261° or 36° 15′ 40″ north
Longitude
29.3163° or 29° 18′ 59″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8G8F7868+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183321148
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11395970
Wiki­data ID
Q233121
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Patara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باتارا”
  • Arabic: “باطرة”
  • Belarusian: “Патара”
  • Bulgarian: “Патара”
  • Catalan: “Pàtara”
  • Chinese: “帕塔剌”
  • Czech: “Patara (město)”
  • Czech: “Patara”
  • Danish: “Patara”
  • Dutch: “Patara”
  • Esperanto: “Patara”
  • French: “Patara”
  • Galician: “Patara”
  • Georgian: “პატარა”
  • German: “Patara”
  • Greek: “Πάταρα”
  • Hebrew: “פאטרה”
  • Hungarian: “Patara”
  • Irish: “Patara”
  • Italian: “Patara”
  • Japanese: “パタラ”
  • Javanese: “Patara”
  • Korean: “파타라”
  • Luxembourgish: “Patara”
  • Marathi: “पतारा”
  • Polish: “Patara”
  • Portuguese: “Patara”
  • Russian: “Патара”
  • Slovak: “Patara”
  • Slovenian: “Patara”
  • Spanish: “Patara”
  • Swahili: “Patara (Lisia)”
  • Swahili: “Patara”
  • Swedish: “Patara”
  • Tagalog: “Patara (Lycia)”
  • Tagalog: “Patara”
  • Turkish: “Patara”
  • Ukrainian: “Патара”
  • Western Armenian: “Բաթրա”

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