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Surroundings:

Harpy TombRoman Theatre in XanthosHarp Monument. XanthosXanthus AgoraXanthos West AgoraXanthos  ''Harpy & Pillar'' TombsPillar tombRoman theatre and Lycian tombsXanthus TheaterXanthos Theatre East EntranceXanthos TheatreXanthos - theatreXanthos - theatreThe Roman theatre, built in the mid-2nd century ADXanthos  Inscribed PillarInscribed Pillar of Xanthos - Harpagus SteleXanthus, DecumanusTripylon leading to the DecumanusLycian monumental tombs, the Harpy tomb and the pillared sarcophagusRoman colonnaded street running north-south (decumanus)Hellenistic fortifications of Xanthos''Dancer'' tombXanthos  ''Dromos Building''Xanthos  ''Dromos Building''Xanthos  ''Dromos Building''Nereid MonumentNereids monument base.Roman BridgeLycian AcropolisCity gate.

Location:

  • Türkiye, Karaköy
  • geo:36.357109,29.31785
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • 4xx~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=66533

Annotations

The West Basilica in Xanthos was built immediately on the western part of the West Agora, one of the main squares of the city. This basilica is an intramural building. It was a three-aisled basilica with a semicircular apse, transept and a narthex, A small apsidal annex bwas added to the south of the apse.

Sources:

  1. Xanthos West Agora II: Alteration and Transformationin the Byzantine Period   By Aytaç Dönmez https://www.academia.edu/41232818/Xanthos_West_Agora_II_Alteration_and_Transformationin_the_Byzantine_Period  
  2. Orçun Erdoğan, Concerning the Transept Basilicas on the Southern Coast of Anatolia in Late Antiquity,   https://belleten.gov.tr/tam-metin/3781/eng

Nearby

Xanthos, Harpy`s Tomb

Xanthos - Monument of the Harpies

Xanthos, Sarcophagus

Sarcophagus - Lykian pillar tomb


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