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  • Myra

  • Myra

    Myra was an ancient Lycian city located in the present-day Antalya Province of Turkey. The ruins of the Lycian and Roman town include two necropolises of Lycian rock-cut tombs, Acropolis, Roman theatre and baths.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Myra
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    Myra
    by Elelicht, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Myra
    by Klaus-Peter Simon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Myra

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2009

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Turkey

    Antalya

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    First Millennium BC

    Lycia

    Roman

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    Lycian & Roman Monuments

     

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