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Letoon Decorative Stoneworktrilingual stele. 337 bce. (Fethiye museum)Letoon Decorative StoneworkLetoon Decorative StoneworkLetoon, Earliest depiction of Leto. Fethiye MuseumStone seating decoration. E. of Apollo temple.Hellenistic stoaTemple of ArtemisLetoon ArtemisionTemple of ArtemisTemple of Apollo MosaicApollo TempleTemple of Apollo, construction detailionic column ...detailTemple of Apollo, LetoonLetoon, Leto TempleLetoon, Leto TempleTemple of LetoTemple of Leto, InscriptionTemple of LetoLetoon, Leto TempleLetoon, Leto TempleLetoon Sacred RoadLetoon, Church & Monastery InformationLetoon, Egyptian scarab sealLetoon church spoliaLetoon church spoliaNymphaeumLetoon NymphaeumLetoon Nymphaeum

Location:

  • Türkiye, Bükçeğiz
  • geo:36.331982,29.289766
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -200~ / unknown

Class:

  • Theatre or amphitheatre
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=11853

Annotations

The Hellenistic theatre of Letoon is erected to the north of the precinct, The semicircle cavea partially cut out of the hillsice faces NW.

See:

  1. George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, p.62
  2. Frank Sear. Roman Theatres An Architectural Study By Hamida Sur p. 380   https://www.academia.edu/6053159/Roman_Theatres_An_Architectural_Study%C2%A0 
  3. An overview of Lycian theaters. By Banu Özdilek.  https://www.academia.edu/126077833/Lykia_Tiyatrolar%C4%B1na_Genel_Bak%C4%B1%C5%9F 

http://www.lycianturkey.com/lycian_sites/letoon.htm


Nearby

Letoon Necropolis

Cemetery with monumental tomb

Kumluova (Letoon)

LETOON/Letoum

Letoon, Northern Portico

Hellenistic origins. Major alterations during the Roman Imperial period.


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