Ancient site· Demre, Antalya
Myra
Myra is a ancient site in Demre, Antalya; Lycian rock-cut tombs stacked above a Roman theatre, where St Nicholas served as the original 4th-century bishop.
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- 36.2508°N · 29.9936°E
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Lycian rock-cut tombs stacked above a Roman theatre, where St Nicholas served as the original 4th-century bishop.
Editor's Note
Myra is an ancient Lycian city located today around the Alakent neighbourhood of the Demre district of Antalya. It was built on a fertile alluvial plain formed by sediment carried by the Demre stream, between Mount Alaca, the Akdağlar (Massicytus) range and the Aegean Sea.
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- Architectural remains from antiquity
- The layered history of Anatolian civilizations
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