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🏛️ Balboura-Kibyra

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🏛️ Balboura-Kibyra
Twin Lycian cities of the southwestern Anatolia plateau


🕐 2 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 20:21
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Burdur Province, southwestern Türkiye, at approximately 1,000 metres elevation
  • Kibyra was a major Lycian city founded in the 2nd century BCE; Balboura developed as a satellite settlement
  • Both sites preserve Hellenistic and Roman-period architecture, inscriptions, and civic structures
  • Excavations conducted intermittently since the 1960s; ongoing research by international teams

Balboura and Kibyra represent two interconnected settlements on the Anatolian plateau in southwestern Türkiye, with Kibyra functioning as ...

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