🗿 Xanthos-Letoon
Lycian sanctuary and city complex in southwestern Anatolia
📋 Fast Facts
- Paired archaeological complex comprising the city of Xanthos and the sanctuary of Letoon, approximately 2–3 km apart
- Located in southwestern Turkey (Muğla Province), near the modern town of Kınık
- Letoon was the principal religious center dedicated to Leto and her children Apollo and Artemis; Xanthos served as the political and urban hub
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed for outstanding funerary architecture, inscriptions in Lycian and Greek, and evidence of civic-religious integration across many centuries from the late Bronze Age through the Roman era
Xanthos and Letoon stand as the civic and sacred heart of ancient Lycia, a coastal region of southwestern ...