Sedir Island (Turkish: Sedir Adası) ancient city of Kedriai, also known as Cleopatra Island, in the Gulf of Gokova,Mugla,Turkey
Sedir Island (Turkish: Sedir Adası) (ancient city of Kedriai), also known as Cleopatra Island, is a small island in the Gulf of Gökova of southwestern Aegean Sea off the coast of Muğla Province of Turkey. It has one of the most special beaches in the world which is famous for its beach made from seashells. It is said that this organic sand was brought by ships from the Red Sea especially for Cleopatra. Each grain of sand is a perfect sphere very perfect, for this reason the beach is heavily protected by the government to prevent any sand being removed from the beach. According to the legend, Cleopatra and Antonius swimmed here and the sands have been brought by the ships from North Africa. It's been said that this type of the sand can only be seen in Egypt. The ancient city walls with many towers made of dimension stones, the Temple of Apollo and the church built later on its site, the well-preserved theater, the agora of which traces can still be seen and the remains of the ancient city harbor are among the archaeological assets of the Sedir ancient theater,the agora and the ancient port from the Hellenistic and Roman periods since BC
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Location: SEDIR ISLAND, MUGLA, TURKEY
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