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Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides
A guide to the early history and archaeological sites of Turkey's
Mediterranean coast, covering the ancient provinces of Lycia,
Pamphylia, Cilicia and part of the Pisidia Heritage Trail. Included
are Cnidus, site of Praxiteles' famous nude statue of Aphrodite;
Myra and Xanthus and the rock tombs of Lycia; the city of Antalya;
the ruins of Perge and Side; Alanya with its impressive walls; the
aite of Selinus (where Trajan died); Silifke (where Frederick
Barbarossa drowned); Tarsus (where St Paul was born) and the bay of
Iskenderun, where Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia
at the Battle of Issus. The guide ends at the Syrian border with
the city of Antakya, ancient Antioch, near which St Simeon Stylites
and other early Christian ascetics lived their lives on top of tall
pillars.
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