Xanthos-Letoon World Heritage Site

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site cultural heritage site

The Xanthos-Letoon World Heritage Site is an archaeological complex in southwestern Turkey that encompasses the ancient Lycian capital of Xanthos and its associated religious sanctuary at Letoon, renowned for their well-preserved ruins and bilingual inscriptions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
UNESCO World Heritage inscription of Xanthos-Letoon 1
Xanthos-Letoon UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Xanthos-Letoon World Heritage Site canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsBegan 19th century ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Artemis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leto NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Lycians NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservationChallenges weathering of stone inscriptions ⓘ
contains Letoon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xanthos NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
Lycian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFeature Lycian tombs ⓘ
agora at Xanthos ⓘ
inscribed pillar ⓘ
temples at Letoon NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatre at Xanthos NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponent ancient Lycian capital of Xanthos ⓘ
religious sanctuary of Letoon ⓘ
hasLanguageEvidence Ancient Greek ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
Lycian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialName Xanthos-Letoon NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
heritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
heritageProtectionStatus protected under the World Heritage Convention ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1988 ⓘ
knownFor Lycian, Greek, and Aramaic inscriptions ⓘ
bilingual inscriptions ⓘ
well-preserved Lycian ruins ⓘ
locatedIn Turkey ⓘ
southwestern Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInProvince Antalya Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Lycia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Fethiye NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kınık NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearWaterBody Eşen River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf ancient region of Lycia ⓘ
significance illustrates the fusion of Lycian traditions with Hellenic and Persian influences ⓘ
provides key evidence for the Lycian language ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 484 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Letoon → partOf → Xanthos-Letoon World Heritage Site ⓘ
Xanthos → partOf → Xanthos-Letoon World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xanthos-Letoon UNESCO World Heritage Site
Lycian League → recognizedBy → Xanthos-Letoon World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage inscription of Xanthos-Letoon