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Xanthos Description

Pillar tombs

At Kinik, some 80km/50mi southeast of Fethiye, an ancient road leads up to the ruins of Xanthos, rediscovered in the 19th century by Sir Charles Fellows. Once the capital of the kingdom of Lycia, the city lies in the valley of the River Xanthos (now Esen Cay), which separates the mountains (Ak Dag, 3,024m/9,922ft) from the upland region which falls away towards the coast. Lycia has been called "the oldest republic in the world" - a league of 20 cities governed by a popular assembly and a president. The most notable monuments of Xanthos, its pillar tombs, have no parallel either in Greek or in Oriental art. They first appear in the sixth century B.C. and disappear from the scene in the middle of the fourth century

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Hobbies & Activities category: Architecture - Roman, Greek, classical; Archeological site or ruin; Historic site; Tombs, burial site