Sights in Fethiye
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Fethiye Museum
Focusing on Lycian finds from Telmessos as well as the ancient settlements of Tlos and Kaunos, this museum exhibits pottery, jewellery, small statuary and votive stones (including the important Grave Stelae and the Stelae of Promise). Its most prized significant possession, however, is the so-called Trilingual Stele from Letoön, dating from 358 BC, which was used partly to decipher the Lycian language with the help of ancient Greek and Aramaic. The garden surrounding the museum contains an excellent lapidary of mostly Lycian sarcophagi and Roman tombstones, some of them portraying early Christian symbols and angels.
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Tomb of Amyntas
Behind the town is the Tomb of Amyntas, an Ionic temple façade carved in the sheer rock face in 350 BC. It gets crowded at sunset in summer, the most pleasant time to visit. It's a steep climb up steps to get there; on a hot day it's worth first considering how much Lycian funerary monuments really mean to you. Other smaller tombs lie about 500m to the east.
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Sarcophagi
Throughout the town you will notice curious Lycian stone sarcophagi dating from around 450 BC. There's one north of the belediye and others in the middle of streets or in private gardens - the town was built around them. All were broken into by tomb robbers centuries ago.
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Crusader Fortress
The ruined tower south of town belongs to this 15th-century fortress.
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Theatre
Behind the harbour you'll see the excavated remains of a theatre dating from Roman times.
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Roman Theatre
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Martyrs' Monument
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Lycian Stone Sarcophagi
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Belediye (City Hall)
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Telmessos
Fethiye’s most recognisable sight is the mammoth Tomb of Amyntas, an Ionic temple facade carved into the sheer rock face in 350 BC, in honour of `Amyntas son of Hermapias’. Located south of the centre, it is best visited at sunset. Other, smaller rock tombs lie about 500m to the east.
Behind the harbour in the centre of town are the partly excavated remains of a Roman theatre dating from the 2nd century BC. Only about a quarter of its 6000 seats have been excavated.
In town you’ll see curious Lycian stone sarcophagi dating from around 450 BC. There's one north of the belediye (city hall). All were broken into by tomb robbers centuries ago.
On the hillside above (and…
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