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Limyra



Limyra
Introduction

1. Tombs high up


















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LIMYRA
Tombs high up

Limyra, Turkey


Limyra, Turkey


One feature is of interest, but not without some insight into history: the tombs on top of the hill. To get here, set out for a 45 minute hard climb. The main attraction is a mausoleum built for Pericles (second photo), who saved Lycia from the ambitions of Mausolus in the 4th century BCE. It is a structure across two floors, the lower the grave, the upper a temple.






By Tore Kjeilen