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.

Myra
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Lycian rock-cut tombs stacked above a Roman theatre, where St Nicholas served as the original 4th-century bishop.

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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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Highlights

  • Architectural remains from antiquity
  • The layered history of Anatolian civilizations

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