Kyaneai Tarihi Tiyatrosu

Smells like history

Bad road but a place to be seen

A wonderful city surrounded by ancient tombs city center and shops walls

There is a road into the city by car. I recommend the caves very well when you go down to the nature and the landscape.

An excellent venue when you see this beauty that will genuinely shed your feathers. Even though most of the buildings are made of limestone, you will feel like an artist in the middle of the stage who puts a work on the stage a thousand years ago.

The city of Kyaneai is located in the ruins on Asar Tepe, which rises northwest of Yavu Village, 16 km west of Myra. The rock tombs seen in Kyaneai, one of the important cities of Lycia, Lycian inscriptions, chamber tombs and the rock chambers seen in the acropolis (upper city) are the latest settlements. It shows that it has existed since the 4th century. The Lycian name of the city is claimed to be Turaxssi or Khbahñ. B.C. The city, which was heavily influenced by Greek influence in the first quarter of the 4th century, was included in the Lycian League. 167-M.S. He published coins of unity between the years 43. Kyaneai, III. During the reign of Gordianus and his wife Tranquillina (BC 242-244), coins minted like other Lycian cities. A.D. The city of Kyaneai, considered by Hierokles in the writers of the sixth century, was among the cities of the late Lycian province. It continued to exist as the episcopacy center of the Myra metropolis until the 12th century.

As of June 21, the necessary work has not been done by the authorities, it has not been taken under protection, but it is still standing and resisting time. If your car is small and close to six places, the road is bad, not recommended, but possible.