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Surroundings:

Letoon ArtemisionTemple of ArtemisTemple of ArtemisTemple of Apollo, LetoonTemple of Apollo MosaicTemple of Apollo, construction detailApollo Templeionic column ...detailLetoon church spoliaLetoon church spoliaLetoon, Church & Monastery InformationLetoon, Egyptian scarab sealLetoon Sacred RoadLetoon NymphaeumNymphaeumLetoon NymphaeumHellenistic stoaLetoon, Earliest depiction of Leto. Fethiye MuseumStone seating decoration. E. of Apollo temple.trilingual stele. 337 bce. (Fethiye museum)Letoon Decorative StoneworkLetoon Decorative StoneworkLetoon Decorative StoneworkLetoon TheatreLetoon Theater EntranceLetoon TheaterLetoon TheaterHelmetLetoon TheatreLetoon. theater

Location:

  • Türkiye, Tümtün
  • geo:36.330761,29.28866
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -4xx~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=11856

Annotations

The temple of Leto intensely worshipped in Lycia was erected in the second century BC. It is a Doric peripteros of eleven by six columns with pronaos,  cella and episthodomus.

See:

  1. George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, p. 60-62

  2. The Physical Evolution of the Sanctuary of Leto at Xanthos. Jacques des Courtils.   https://www.academia.edu/1310696/The_Physical_Evolution_of_the_Sanctuary_of_Leto_at_Xanthos

     

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


Nearby

Letoon, Artemision

Artemis Temple.

Apollo Temple

Apollo/Natri Temple

Letoon Christian basilica

Christian Basilica of Letoum.


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