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  • Olympos (Lycia)

  • 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.
    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
    Olympos (Lycia)
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    Olympos (Lycia)

    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

    Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine

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    Hellenistic & Roman Monuments

     

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