Patara
Patara is in Lycia 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.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: Lycian settlement on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey
- Also known as“Arsinoe”“Mint of Patara”“Patras”
Places of Interest
Discover Patara Lighthouse and Patara North gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gelemiş.
Gelemiş
Village
Gelemiş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey.
Patara
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Latitude
36.261° or 36° 15′ 40″ north
Longitude
29.3163° or 29° 18′ 59″ east
Open location code
8G8F7868+9G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Patara” goes by many names.
باتاراArabic
باطرةArabic
ПатараBelarusian
ПатараBulgarian
PàtaraCatalan
帕塔剌Chinese
PataraCzech
Patara (město)Czech
PataraDanish
PataraDutch
PataraEsperanto
PataraGalician
პატარაGeorgian
PataraIrish
PàtaraItalian
Patara di LiciaItalian
パタラJapanese
PataraJavanese
파타라Korean
ArsinoëLuxembourgish
PataraSwahili
Patara (Lisia)Swahili
PataraSwedish
PataraTagalog
Patara (Lycia)Tagalog
ArsinoeTurkish
PataraTurkish
PttaraTurkish
ПатараUkrainian
ԲաթրաWestern Armenian
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yeşilyurt and Ova.
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”
