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🏛️ Xanthos-Pinara

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🏛️ Xanthos-Pinara
Ancient Lycian city ruins in southwestern Türkiye


🕐 2 min read · Updated 14 Mar 2026 at 18:16
📌 Fast Facts
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 1988)
  • Capital of ancient Lycia, located in present-day Muğla Province, southwestern Türkiye
  • Occupied from roughly the 8th century BCE through the Byzantine period
  • Contains Lycian rock tombs, a Roman theater, and inscriptions in the Lycian language

Xanthos-Pinara comprises two interconnected ancient Lycian settlement complexes in the Teke Peninsula of southwestern Türkiye. Xanthos served as ...

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