🗿 Xanthos-Letoon
Ancient Lycian city and sanctuary complex in southwestern Turkey
📋 Fast Facts
- Located in Muğla Province, near the town of Kınık, southwestern Turkey
- Two-site complex: Xanthos (political center) and Letoon (religious sanctuary), roughly 2–3 km apart
- UNESCO World Heritage inscription recognizes outstanding funerary architecture, inscriptions, and Lycian civic-religious life from the late Bronze Age through the Roman period
- Key features include rock-cut tombs, sculpted sarcophagi, temple foundations, inscriptions in Lycian and Greek, and relief sculpture
Xanthos-Letoon comprises two closely linked archaeological sites that formed the civic and sacred heart of ancient Lycia in ...