Turkey, Lycia, Patara: formerly a major city of the Lycian League due to its outstanding port, has been ruled by Hittites, Persians, Egyptians, Greek

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Turkey, Lycia, Patara: formerly a major city of the Lycian League due to its outstanding port, has been ruled by Hittites, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans et al. since the 7th century BC. Birthplace of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus). Due to the silting-up of the harbour the city was finally deserted by 1340. This picture: the almost perfectly preserved Arch of Mettias Medustus (100 AD) which was the north gate to the city.

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Photo credit: © Peter Michael Rhodes / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: archeology, architecture, arsinoe, city, culture, heritage, historic, masonry, ruined, termilae, tremilae, valley, xanthos