Xanthos - Nereid Monument / City walls

Beyond the Roman theater and Lycian acropolis in Xanthos, to the left of the road, can be seen the so-called Nereid Monument, an Ionic temple which had rich sculptural decoration (now in the British Museum in London). To the right of the road is the Hellenistic city gate. The city walls, considerable stretches of which are still visible, probably date originally from the third century B.C.; they were later renewed, incorporating the Roman acropolis, and were again rebuilt in Byzantine times.