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  • -5xx?~ / unknown

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Demre (Muri - Myra)

data access 11248

Myra: town in Lycia, modern Demre. The ancient town is especially well-known because it was the residence of Nicholas of Myra, the original saint behind Santa Claus.

See

  1. Lycian Monuments   https://www.lycianmonuments.com/myra/
  2. George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, pp. 120-130  https://archive.org/details/lycianturkeyarch0000bean
  3. Özdilek, Banu. B. Özdilek “Myra-Andriake Kazıları”, Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Arkeoloji Bölümü Kazı Ve Araştırma Projeleri, A. Özfırat, N. Coşkun (Ed.) 377-425,  Antakya 2014: Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Yayınları No 51.   https://www.academia.edu/36520915/B_%C3%96zdilek_Myra_Andriake_Kaz%C4%B1lar%C4%B1_Mustafa_Kemal_%C3%9Cniversitesi_Arkeoloji_B%C3%B6l%C3%BCm%C3%BC_Kaz%C4%B1_ve_Ara%C5%9Ft%C4%B1rma_Projeleri_A_%C3%96zf%C4%B1rat_N_Co%C5%9Fkun_Ed_377_425_Antakya_2014_Mustafa_Kemal_%C3%9Cniversitesi_Yay%C4%B1nlar%C4%B1_No_51

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Creators: Entry created by Voorburg, R.J.J. (2012-12-18) , last updated by p. jeffries (2026-10-25), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/11248
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Suggested citation: Voorburg, R.J.J. and Jeffries, P., Demre (Muri - Myra). https://vici.org/vici/11248, accessed 2026-10-30.