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Olympos (Lycia)
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Olympos (Lycia)
Olympos or Olympus, was an ancient city in Lycia. Its ruins are located south of the modern town Çıralı in the Kumluca district of Antalya Province, Turkey. The exact date of the city's foundation is unknown. A wall and an inscription on a sarcophagus have been dated to the end of the 4th century BC.
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Country: Turkey
District: Antalya Province
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: First Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Lycia
Later Cultures: Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine
Site Features: Hellenistic & Roman Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization
Date of Submission: 2009
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