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Location

  • Türkiye, Tekirova
  • geo:36.522259,30.552338

Period or year

  • -6xx?~ / 11xx

Classification

  • city
  • Visible

Tekirova (Phaselis)

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The town Phaselis was founded by  Rhodians around 700 BC. Quickly became the most important harbor city of western Lycia thanks to its three separating ports.

  1. Lycian Monuments   https://www.lycianmonuments.com/phaselis/
  2. Phaselis. By Murat Arslan, Nihal Tüner Önen.  https://www.academia.edu/36547477/Phaselis 
  3. 2016 Survey of Phaselis and its Territorium / Phaselis ve Teritoryumu Yüzey Araştırması 2016, ANMED 15 2017, 213-223. Nihal Tüner Önen.  https://www.academia.edu/35416268/2016_Survey_of_Phaselis_and_its_Territorium_Phaselis_ve_Teritoryumu_Y%C3%BCzey_Ara%C5%9Ft%C4%B1rmas%C4%B1_2016_ANMED_15_2017_213_223 
  4. Karamania. 1811 & 1812. By Sir Francis Beaufort.  p.53 - 65 (INTERNET ARCHIVE)    https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6c4GAAAAQAAJ
  5. George E. Bean, Turkey`s Southern Shore 2nd ed., John Murray Ltd, London 1989, p. 121-133. 
  6. AN INVENTORY OF ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL POLEIS.  Mogens Herman Hansen and Thomas Heine Nielsen.  p.1140  https://www.ancientportsantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/Documents/AUTHORS/Hansen&Nielsen2004-LexiquePoleis.pdf

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Creators: Entry created by Voorburg, R.J.J. (2012-05-29) , last updated by p. jeffries (2026-09-14), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/2349
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Suggested citation: Voorburg, R.J.J. and Jeffries, P., Tekirova (Phaselis). https://vici.org/vici/2349, accessed 2026-11-11.