Letoon Antique City

This, and the rest of the religious center of a federal sanctuary of the Lycian people, respectively. Letoon, or temple of Leto, in 1841, uncovered by a British naval officer Hoskya. Since the excavations carried out from 1962 BC 6 century artifacts were found dating from the Artemis, Apollo and Leto `or three of the temple was uncovered.


Besides the Roman period, AD 1 and 2 has changed and expanded in the Hellenistic-century portico. In addition, the temple of Leto in the three written in 1973 BC 4 Letoon`s a century inscription of providing detailed information about the function. Aramaic inscription on one side, and Lycian inscriptions Grekçe took place on the other side. Lycian language texts, 'Carian and Lycian satrabı Pixodares `as` the first time in 358 BC, manages, Hekotomnid dynasty established a good relationship between the Lycian Lycian Xanthos `or` Archon and the ethics of a governor appointed men such as position is,' writes. Another inscription tells that Alexander the Great's visit `a` in the Letoon.  Underground water level is high and difficult for excavations, such as the excavated areas to remain under water again after a while olunamamaktadır obstacle. Scenery is not quite big grek a planned theater, Leto, Apollo, Artemis temples filled with the soil due to floods in the city's agora nympheum and the only works of interest. 

According to the legend told of a Latin poet Ovidius  , Zeus, the goddess Leto, pregnant diagnosis, children, the twin gods Artemis and Apollo, Delos `ta` u give birth. Then I came down the Xanthos river reaches the sea, walks along the river until the resource vanncaya. Çocuklannı source who want to wash, but the goddess is blocked by local people, local people take revenge by turning a frog. Here is the temple of Leto, the goddess Leto, in the name of this place that people çevrildikleri frog. Under this tapınaklann BC 5 by the end of the century, the foundations are more visible than the old worship.