LycianMonuments

The ancient city of Tyberissos is located on a hill at the eastern edge of the Tırmisin (Çevreli) plain, a few kilometers north of Teimiusa (Üçağız). The settlement dominates the entire plain, which lies between the foothills of Mount Masikytos (Beydağları) to the north and the low hills running parallel to the coastline to the … Read more

The city of Rhodiapolis is situated on a hill overlooking a fertile plain, just northwest of Kumluca. It marks the eastern boundary of cultural Lycia. Ancient sources report that the city was named after its founders from Rhodes. However, the local name “Wedrei,” attested on city coinage and in Lycian inscriptions, indicates an earlier origin … Read more

The ruins of Xanthos are located near the village of Kınık in the Seydikemer district of Muğla Province. Xanthos was the most important and powerful city of Lycia during the Dynastic period. Its Lycian name was Arnña. Archaeological evidence dates the city back to at least the 7th century BCE. The river flowing past the … Read more

Hoyran is a small settlement located on a hill at an altitude of 500 meters, south of Hoyran village, about 4 km inland from the coast. The site contains ruins dating from the dynastic period to the Byzantine period. Ancient sources do not mention the settlement, and no inscriptions discovered so far provide information about … Read more

The ancient city of Korydalla was established on and around two low hills just west of Kumluca, approximately 2 km southeast of Rhodiapolis. It is thought that Korydalla formed part of a tripartite sympoliteia together with Rhodiapolis and the coastal city of Gagai, within which Korydalla appears to have held a leading position. The site … Read more