🏛️ Limyra-Myra
Ancient Lycian port city with rock-cut tombs and Byzantine structures
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Demre district, Antalya Province, southwestern Türkiye
- Period: Lycian (5th century BCE) through Byzantine era
- Notable feature: Distinctive rock-cut tomb facades carved into cliff faces
- UNESCO: Part of the Lycian Way cultural landscape; adjacent to Demre town
Limyra, also known as Myra, was a major port city of the ancient Lycian League on the Mediterranean coast of what is now southwestern Türkiye. The site preserves remains from the Lycian period through the Byzantine era, including monumental rock-cut tombs and fortification walls. The settlement's prominence declined after Arab raids in the 7th century CE, though it remained inhabited in reduced form during the medieval period ...