Myra and Demre

On the beautiful coastal road 400 of Finike Kas after they come after Demre / Myra.In the Schwemmlandebene of Demre Cay is this place, in some cards even as Kale, dhBurg, called wird.Der place Demre is not just boring, but much to offer, he has just been nicht.Die Most visitors come for the famous Lycian rock tombs in Myra, and because of the hl.Nikolaus hierher.Man so has the impression of the place was only because many coaches and tourists but does durchzuschleussen.Man Demre a little wrong, because the place is quite quirlig.So there are now in the town some good restaurants in the middle, in which one very good and cheap restaurants.

Access to the cliff tombs in the town itself is well ausgeschildert.Auf a large parking their car, they can free parken.Durch the oblgatorische tourists mile and cash on the house they come to the rock tombs and graves röm.Theater.Die rocks are now locked, you may only on the terrain below the theater is still Gräber.Zum access gestattet.Es there is a new wooden staircase on the very conveniently in the theater kann.Für get interested, there is much to sehen.Wenn they have the good fortune in the theater with a Japanese Swabian accent sings Spanish songs, they have also an excellent impression of the acoustics in the theater.

The theater itself is only preserved as a single building, the rest of the city of Myra is partly under the rubble begraben.Gerade is being created to assemble the theater again, dhdas stage house is big again aufgebaut.Ein Crane disturbs the sight to the theater, but without it just nicht.Das stage house is only until 2.Stockwerk received and there will be some time before everything rebuilt his wird.Unterhalb ruins of the castle built in the hills are known as Felsengräber.Die graves are houses built around the deceased to give the feeling they were too Haus.Da left on a hill free-standing grave because even really looks like a house Lycian aus.Die beam structure truly is amazingly nachgemacht.Bei closely, they are also in the wider environment, many other tombs in entdecken.Eines the cliffs of the most beautiful tombs found in the so-called River Nekropole.Gehen they simply back into the village and turn left behind the school on an unpaved road ab.Es worth quite bestimmt.Hierher someone comes very rarely.

The city has temporarily by Myra Byzantine emperor even skin Lycian city have been appointed, that was 5.Jh.Für Myra in this period was an important time.

If they leave Demre in the direction of Kas errreichen after ca.4km Andriake.Unterhalb the coast road you can see remnants of this ancient port liegen.Im years 59n.Chr.ist here the Apostle Paul went ashore on the way to the beach Rom.Am numerous Sarcophagi and nearby buildings are still visible.

Left from the old port, you can bank on the street still many old warehouses sehen.Sehr impressive is the large grain storage, Granarium.Die facade is 65m long sein.Weite parts of the port today but versumpft.Wir want but also the church of St. Nicholas visit in the city center liegt.Westlich from the large main square is the Church, whose visit, however Admission kostet.Wem However, a glance over the fence enough, here is the famous statue of hl.Nikolaus sehen.Sie is beautiful here under the trees . In the church itself is actually not very much to the layman sehen.Selbst will notice the many styles vorherrschen.Jede time here renoviert.Einige beautiful frescoes and mosaics are on the ground and see the famous place of Bischofs.Es but up today is not proved, the Bishop Nicholas buried here located hat.Der Bishop Nicholas was for his generosity bekannt.Er distributed according to the tales anonymous gifts and charity to poor Menschen.Wie history knows, he let his gifts sometimes fall through the grate . Thus began the derWeg Nicholas up in our Zeit.Heute he owns Renntiere and red truck with neon.

I would now like to have a small outline of the history of ancient Lycia give.

They draw a line from Antayla to Fethiye, south of the entire peninsula, which was Lykien.Das mountainous hinterland was even then thinly besiedelt.Die coastal region on the other hand, was and is still very good besiedelt.Die Schwemmlandebenen the coast fruchtbar.Dieses is very even today everywhere in the many greenhouses to see.

The Lycian even developed its own script, which has not been correctly deciphered ist.Ãœber 20 cities formed a community to freely choose their rulers were allowed.

Lycia was altersher always been a region that many other nations have been conquered.

6.Jh.v.Chr.eroberten the Persians in the area, followed by a period in which the region under the influence of Athens stand.Im 4.Jh.v.Chr.kam Alexander dGSpäter then, the region was a colony of Egyptian Reiches.Die then followed by the Romans and Egyptians Byzantinern.Schliesslich in 7.Jh.wurde the territory arabisch.Den Arabs followed the Seljuk and so was Lycia moslemisch.Bis today is to geblieben.Die beautiful remnants of the Lycian are precisely the time famous rock tombs, which they in the entire area exposed in many places can be found.