This is the oldest and largest city of the mountain province agreed upon by Lycia, in lowers the Xanthos of river. Until the Persian invasion was it an independent state. When the people of Xanthos determined, which had courageously tried to defend their city the fact that they did not know the repulse invasion killed them first its wives fixed mass suicide, by throwing themselves into the flames. Approximately 80 survivors families and people, which immigrated there, built the city, but a fire, which broke out approximately 100 years later, razed it to soil over. Nevertheless the city was converted again and, resulting from manufacturing the good relations with the west, regarded as important center. However Xanthos met again a unfortunate end. Resulting from resisting thetaxes the Athenians wanted to impose upon in 429 B.C., the city to them largely was destroyed and the inhabitants into a war drawn. And therefore Xanthos became "a city of accidents". The city consists of the Lycian Akropolise and the parts, which are outside them, as well
as the Roman Akropolis remaining. The most interesting building
is the Roman theatre and the buildings of the western shore LINE
of the theatre. Is from these the most famous Harpy monument,
which is family a Sarkophag, which is set up on rock.
The collecting main of this discharge verzierten Sarkophags is in
the British museum, and a very good copy from this is in its place.
Let us close can seen very interesting Lycian Sarcophagi of 6.
and 1. Centuries B.C past its.

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