Historic & Cultural in Muğla: Top Places

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Telandrus or Telandros and Telandron and Telandreia/Telandria, also known as Telandros akre was a town on Telandria island in ancient Caria. It was a polis, and a member of the Delian League since it appears in tribute records of Athens between the years 453/2 and 433/2 BCE. Pliny the Elder mentions Telandria as an island from which the population had disappeared.

Sidyma Ancient City, located in the Dodurga neighborhood of Seydikemer district in Muğla, is a significant historical settlement of Lycia. The ancient city flourished during the Roman and Byzantine periods, and today it stands out with its ruins integrated into village life. Visitors can explore the acropolis, stoa, watchtower, theater remains, bathhouse, church, and numerous monumental tombs. Sidyma is also a point of interest for hikers as it is situated on the Lycian Way.

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Hyllarima was an inland town of northeastern ancient Caria. Its site is located near Mesevle in Asiatic Turkey. Hyllarima is the find-site of about 30 inscriptions and is the type-site of one variant of the Carian alphabets.

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Kalabantia or Kalabatia (Καλαβατία) was a town of ancient Lycia, which per the Stadiasmus Patarensis was 24 stadia by road from Sidyma.

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Historic & Cultural

The Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in Lycia, close to present-day Fethiye in Mugla Province, Turkey. It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a base decorated with sculpted friezes, and is thought to have been built in the early fourth century BC as a tomb for Arbinas, the Xanthian dynast who ruled western Lycia under the Achaemenid Empire.

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Historic & Cultural

The Harpy Tomb is a marble chamber from a pillar tomb that stands in the abandoned city of Xanthos, capital of ancient Lycia, a region of southwestern Anatolia in what is now Turkey. Built in the Persian Achaemenid Empire, and dating to approximately 480–470 BC, the chamber topped a tall pillar and was decorated with marble panels carved in bas-relief. The tomb was built for an Iranian prince or governor of Xanthus, perhaps Kybernis.

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Dalyan Kaunos Rock Tombs, located in Çandır Mahallesi of Köyceğiz district in Muğla, are an important part of the ancient city of Kaunos. These rock tombs have a history of approximately 2400 years and are notable for their temple-fronted architecture. According to ancient beliefs, the higher the tombs were, the closer the deceased would be to god. Some of the tombs remain unfinished, believed to be due to Persian or Alexander the Great's invasions.

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Historic & Cultural

Amos was a settlement of ancient Caria, located near the modern town of Turunç, Turkey.

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Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural