Xanthos

Only a few miles from Letoon is Xanthos, which, near a hill-top, was the capital of Lycia.

We had Xanthos pretty much to ourselves (as with so

many of these sites)

Main street, Xanthos, one of the wider boulevards we have

seen in this part of the ancient world

Typical of the stones laying around by the hundreds

Agora and theatre

Huge stele; the top part is in the British

Museum, of course

Several Lycian tombs adorn the theatre area

Remains of the large Byzantine church elswhere on the site

Nice mosaics in the church

"Heart" detail

Around the hill is the necropolis and a number of ruined

tombs and house tombs



Most pretty tumbled down; despite the ruination, both

Letoon and Xanthos are World Heritage Sites