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 | | The winding road leading to Labranda is in a very bad state because of the trucks coming and going to the surrounding quarries, so it is recommended to drive cautiously. |
 | | In the 6C and 5C BC, Labranda was already renowned for its sanctuary dedicated to Zeus Stradios (Zeus Labraundos), a deity worshipped only by the Carians, who seems to have been their war-god as Carian coins show him carrying a double axe (labrys) and a spear. |
 | | The Carian Princess is exhibited in a banqueting hall, similar to the Andron of Mausolus in Labranda, greeting the guests dressed in a floating garb with the gold ornaments. |
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