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  • Patara

  • Patara

    Patara, later Arsinoe, was a flourishing maritime and commercial city on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, in Antalya Province. The city was noted in antiquity for its temple and oracle of Apollo, second only to that of Delphi.
    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
    Patara
    by Vadimph, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Patara
    by Vadimph, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Patara
    by Kamil Isik, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Patara

    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

    Ancient Greek

    Lycian + Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine

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    Ancient Greek & Hellenistic & Roman Monuments

     

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