Even more ancient Turkish delights

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Xanthos the Lycian capital ( 8th C BC), a fortified citadel.

Site of a famous battle where, rather than be taken captive by the Romans (They had refused to pay taxes to the Romans) the defeated Lycians put their women & children to death by burning the citadel, and then fighting to the death. Brutus was so appalled by the sight of a woman & her young baby being burned that he tried, unsuccessfully, to stop the fighting.

Now a wonderful ruin with, agora, streets, dining hall, Lycian tomb & monument with Lycian script and a copy of the frieze on the capital with sirens ( original now in British museum) also has an Ottoman church and marble paved street.

Lunch at the abandoned Greek village. Turkish gozleme cooked the traditional way. Village was abandoned in 1923 after the Lausanne treaty which repatriated reciprocally, Greeks and Turks, even though they had lived relatively harmonously for centuries in these countries. Oh the madness of war & politics!

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Photos

Xanathos
Theatre

Xanthos
Citadel walls

Tombs
Lycian rock carved tombs

Abandoned church
The Greeks left in 1923 and the village was abandoned.

Mediterranean Sea
Glorious views at every turn!

Comments

[Carol]

am very envious of your travels and the great sights you are experiencing. Keep the photos coming= am enjoying them