However, as if that wasn't enough, Xanthos met again with an unfortunate end. As a result of resisting the taxes the Athenians wanted to impose on them in 429 B.C., the city was largely destroyed and the inhabitants were drawn into a war. And thus Xanthos became "a city of disasters". The city itself consists of the Lycian acropolis and parts remaining outside it, as well as a Roman acropolis. The most interesting building is the Roman theatre and the edifices on the theatre's western shoreline. Of these the most famous is the Harpy Monument, which is a family sarcophagus situated on a rock. There are even some ancient Roman baths and the atmosphere takes you back to days of old. Xanthos is less than an hour away from the holiday villas in Kalkan Turkey. Xanthos and Letoon are considered a double site, Letoon is around 10k down the road from Xanthos. To see more of the area, perhaps enjoy a day canoeing down the Xanthos river. Places of interest to visit from Kalkan Villas - Turquoise Coast Map.
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When
you think of all of the lovely sites to visit in Lycia, it is
little wonder that visitors return to holiday villas in Kalkan
Turkey time after time. Xanthos is 21km from Kalkan.
It
is the oldest and largest city of the mountain province of
Lycia, settled in the valley of the Xanthos River in
Mediterranean Turkey. Until the Persian invasion it was an
independent state. When the people of Xanthos, who had bravely
tried to defend their city, realised that they could not stop
the invasion, they first killed their women and then committed mass
suicide by throwing themselves into the flames. About 80
surviving families and people who immigrated there rebuilt the
city, but it was raised to the ground by another fire 100
years later. In spite of this, the city was again rebuilt and,
as a result of establishing good relations with the west, was
considered an important centre.
