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	Hotels in Turkey \| Hotels in Istanbul \| Blue Voyage Yachting and Cabin Charters \| Letoon
		The ruins of Letoon are situated in the village of Bozoluk.
		Letoon was the sacred cult center of Lycia.
		Letoon was a center of cult activity and a living setdement until the 7th century, after which it was abandoned.
	www.exploreturkey.com /exptur.phtml?id=82 (658 words)

	Xanthos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		A Greek legend is that the river was created by the birth pangs of Leto, whose temple, at the Letoon, is on the west bank of the river a few kilometers south of Xanthos.
		The Letoon has been excavated in the 20th century, and has yielded numerous Lycian, Greek, and Aramaic texts.
		A notable trilingual text, known as the Letoon trilingual, in all three languages was found and has been found to contain a reference to king Artaxerxes.
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	Letoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Letoon is known to have been one of the most important religious centers of the Lycian region in Anatolia, located between the towns of Kaş and Fethiye in Antalya province of Turkey, approximately 4 km south of Xanthos along the Xanthos River.
		Important monuments in Letoon include temple foundations of Leto, Artemis and Apollo.
		Archeologists have excavated much of the ruins; discoveries include the Letoon trilingual.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Letoon (118 words)

	The Kalkan Website - Lycian Sites Near Kalkan and Other Ancient Sites
		Letoon was the sacred cult center of Lycia and its most important sanctuary dedicated to the three national deities of Lycia - Leto and her twin children Apollo and Artemis.
		Letoon was a sanctuary precinct and not actually a city, though it did have a settlement surrounding it.
		The Lycian cult of Leto with its spiritual centre at Letoon was one of the many forms of the wide-spread mother-goddess religion that originated in ancient Anatolia and spread throughout the ancient world.
	www.kalkanturkey.com /lycian-sites-near-kalkan.htm (1883 words)

	Letoon
		Churches of early Christianity period are also exposed within Letoon in whose archaeological excavations are still continuing since 1962.
		To reach Letoon, you turn west one kilometre beyond the road from Kinik to Fethiye and continue 5 km.
		In the northern side of the city, there is a Stoa and a theatre, which gives its rear side to the natural slope partially, belonging to the Hellenistic Period.
	www.merpansiyon.com /letoon.htm (336 words)

	The Blue Voyage Sailing Cruises - Letoon Turkey - Recommended by Frommers Travel Guide! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		LETOON was a city founded in the name of Leto, mother of Apollon and Arthemis.
		The first temple you will see, one of the three temples here, belongs to Leto and it is dated back to 400 BC It is of Ionian order, has six columns in the front and at the back and eleven columns at the sides.
		Letoon has a large Amphitheater, a large Nymphaeum, a Temple of Apollo with an unusual mosaic of a lyre, the sun and a bow and arrow.
	www.thebluevoyage.com /Sights/Letoon.html (231 words)

	Hotels in Turkey \| Hotels in Istanbul \| Blue Voyage Yachting and Cabin Charters \| Letoon
		They can be reached by a road 4 kms long, leading off the road from Kas to Fethiye before Kinik.
		We can trace settlement at Letoon as far back as the 7th centruy B.C. After 1962, excavations were carried out by Dr. H.
		Letoon was a center of cult activity and a living settlement until the 7th century, after which it was abondened.
	www.exploreturkey.com /exptur.phtml?id=44 (509 words)

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		A GROUP OF SANCTUARIES Among the remains unearthed by French archaeologists working on the Letoon excavations is the temple of the goddess Leto, about which the least is known.
		The Letoon, the main structure in a series of quite ordinary architectural monuments here, is finding new life today.
		When the Letoon Project is completed the natural environment inside the sanctuary will also have been restored, creating a garden of paradise in which shadow, light, water and rocks are each given their due.
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	Adventure Tours - Letoon
		They can be reached by a road 4 kms long, leading off the road from Kas to Fethiye before Kynyk.
		Letoon also had a stoa and a theater, and the existance of a stadium, although as yet untraced, is known, proving that it was not only a cult center, but also a living city.
		Of these, the most important is an inscription referring to a visit by Alexander to Letoon, and another inscription, near this, which is multi-lingual and contains texts in Aramaic, Greek and Lycian.
	www.adventuretours.com.tr /showinfo.asp?InfoNo=100 (650 words)

	The Letoon - A tour of ancient Lycia
		The Letoon:The Letoon was the most important sanctuary of ancient Lycia.
		The triad of temples, identifiable by their foundations, formed the heart of the sanctuary and it was here that Lycians came to pay their respects to Artemis, Leto and Apollo.
		Half the charm of the Letoon lies in the concentration of terrapins and frogs that have made the site their home, an unusual combination of attractions.
	www.hitit.co.uk /tosee/XanthosV/letoon.html (236 words)

	Blue Voyage - Travel Guide - Letoon - Cruise - Yacht Tours - Mediterranean Tours
		When you turn off from the Kas-Fethiye motorway and advance towards the Village of Bozoluk, you reach Letoon.
		Letoon is a city that had been founded in the name of Leto, mother of Apollon and Arthemis.
		The first one, of the three temples here, belongs to Leto and it is dated back to 400 BC It is of Ionian order, has six columns in the front and at the back and eleven columns at the sides.
	www.blue-voyage.net /letoon.html (196 words)

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		At the holy Lycian centre of Letoon, three temples dedicated to Leto, Apollo and Artemis, familiar gods of mythology, await the intrepid tourist.
		Mythology records that Apollo was born at Patara, a principal harbor of ancient Lycia, south of Letoon and Xanthos.
		As the sun sets, it is Kalkan style to meet on the roof-terraces for a drink before dinner, and enjoy the comings and goings of the yachts, the business of the marina and the panoramic view.
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	The Kalkan Website - Pinara and Letoon Half Day Tour, Kalkan
		Next, onto Letoon, the sacred cult center of Lycia and its most important sanctuary dedicated to the three national deities of Lycia - Leto and her twin children Apollo and Artemis.
		Letoon was the center of pagan cults activity until perhaps the 5th century AD when Lycia was ravaged by Arab attacks and the area started to silt up with sand brought by the Xanthos River.
		Features of Letoon include three temples, a nympheeum and amphitheatre.
	www.kalkanturkey.com /d-tours-pinara-kalkan-daily-tours.htm (376 words)

	Volare Tour \| Travel to World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		1.4506 TL Letoon was a Lycian city devoted to the worship of the Goddess Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis, and much loved by Zeus.
		Letoon is four kilometres from the city of Xanthus and in ancient times they were joined by a Sacred Way.
		The origins of the two cities, judging from archaeological finds, date from the eighth century B.C. The city had three temples attracting pilgrims who followed the cult of the goddess.
	www.volaretour.com /sub_info_ayrinti.asp?id=27 (589 words)

	New marble revives an ancient Turkish landmark - Archives - Stone World
		The Letoon Temple in southwestern Turkey was refurbished with Cremo Bello limestone, which was carefully crafted by Tekmar of Istanbul, Turkey.
		Tekmar, a major stone quarrier and fabricator based in Istanbul, Turkey, is currently assisting in the renovation of the “Letoon Temple” by providing its material, Cremo Bello limestone.
		After the invasions of Alexander The Great, cities such as Letoon joined first with the Roman Empire and later with Byzantium, which is now modern-day Turkey.
	www.stoneworld.com /CDA/Archives/ed6344ceb06f7010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0____ (497 words)

	Calis Beach Discussion Forums - Hotel Letoon
		The bungalows are not new but there has been a lot of money spent recently on the bar and pool areas this year and you can also see improvements to the rooms.
		I found the letoon to be such a lovely place and as each day of my holiday passed I loved it all the more.
		This is a small hotel and the staff are lovely and friendly and my fellow guests were equally as nice with many being repeat guests.
	www.calis-beach.co.uk /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6627 (500 words)

	Lycian cities - All About Turkey
		The original of this relief - decorated sarcophagus is in the British Museum, and every good copy of this is in its place.
		Close by can be seen very interesting Lycian sarcophagi from the 6th and 1st centuries B.C. Letoon
		It is known to have been one of the most important religious centers of the Lycian region in Anatolia, Turkey.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /patara.htm (991 words)

	Letoon - Munich
		The name "Letoon" comes from a small and ancient city in Anatolia, the Turkish Rivera.
		As it was it tasted like that uniform moshed up student fodder they serve at CADU.
		Otherwise, Letoon, yes, a welcome new addition to the Neuhausen area.
	www.toytowngermany.com /munich/letoon.html (403 words)

	Turkey Info: Mediterranean Xanthos letoonia patara letoon pinara & Resort:Patara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		You can see the Theater, Tomb of the Harpies, Nereid Monument, Agora, and Inscribed Pillar, among a mixture of ruins from lycian, Roman and Byzantine times, create the special atmosphere of this site whose original reliefs are kept in the British Museum in London.
		The holy Lycian center of Letoon, 5 km farther to the Xsantos, there are three temples dedicated to Leto, Apollo and Artemis, familiar goods of mythology, which goes back to 4th century B.C., is built between the other two in Ionic and Doric style.
		All they are await the exploring by tourist.
	www.ezoptravel.com /ezopnew/turkey/mdtrn/xanthos.htm (155 words)

	Antalya Web Site - Historical Sites (Kalkan-Patara)
		Close by can be seen very interesting Lycian sarcophagi from the 6th and 1st centuries B.C. Xanthos theatre
		To reach Letoon, you turn west one kilometer beyond the road from KINIK to Fethiye and continue 5 km.
		It is known to have been one of the most important religious centers of the Lycian region.
	www.antalya-ws.com /english/location/kalkan/history.asp?out=1 (440 words)

	The Great Outdoors - TIME Global Adviser, Jul. 17, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The 510-km Lycian Way, which runs from the sleepy coastal town of Fethiye to the bustling port city of Antalya by way of ancient roads, nomad trails and mule tracks, was drawn up and painstakingly waymarked by Briton Kate Clow—a keen hiker living in Turkey—as an alternative to the mass tourism sweeping Turkey's coasts.
		Highlights include visiting the Iliad's ancient cities of Xanthos, Letoon and Patara, swimming in the sunken city of Kekova and exploring Lycian rock tombs carved into the cliffs.
		En route, turquoise waters and sandy coves are hemmed in by the imposing Taurus Mountains.
	www.time.com /time/asia/tga/article/0,13673,501060717-1211628,00.html (417 words)

	The Lycian Federation By David Cunliffe Pointer, B.A.
		However it is this new found accessibility which tourism demands that is leading to the destruction of many of the sites, so it is imperative that an accurate and comprehensive record be made if future archaeologists and historians are to know what the sites looked like.
		Turkish museum administrators have realised that it is essential that excavations at the principal tourist attractions are undertaken and one can appreciate the efforts that the Museum authorities have already achieved at Cadyanda, Patara, Xanthos and Letoon.
		Overseas archaeological units from universities in France, the United States of America and the United Kingdom continue to play an important part in the area as well as institutions like The British Institute of Archaeology in Ankara.
	www.simplysports.co.uk /lycian/index.shtml (426 words)

	I.C.T. Turizm ve Seyahat A.Þ. - Shore Excursions - Fethiye
		This excursion offers a unique chance to discover the two most celebrated centers of Lycian civilization: Xanthos and Letoon.
		The participants will travel through tobacco and cotton plantations, against a backdrop of mighty mountains, climbing through forests of eucalyptus trees.
		This excursion is a combination of Letoon and Xanthos, with Patara, renowned for having the longest beaches in the Mediterranean, and for being the birthplace of Santa Claus.
	www.ict-travel.com /shore4.htm (96 words)

	Meghalayan tribe's Turkish connection
		Various scholars earlier said that Khasi-Jaintia language was an offshoot of the Mankhamer language, a group of the Astro-Asiatic supper family.Pathak said the Lukkan language was a first millennium descendent of the Luwian language, which was widely spoken in western and southwestern Asia Minor during the Bronze age and belonged to the Indo-European family.
		The most prominent of the Lukkan deities was called Eni Mahanahi that meant Mother of Gods and later identified with Greek Goddess Leto, and hersanctuary was called Letoon near Janthus.
		An inscription found in Letoon said the last Janthian king established the cult of the Greek Goddess Leto in Lukka and founded a temple in her honour in Letoon and brought a priest from mainland Greece to supervise her cult.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980316/07550084.html (228 words)

	Charters in Turkey with Interpac Yachts on private yachts and gulets in the mediterranean.
		Snorkeling here is particularly good and submerged stone foundations of ancient quays and walls of buildings can easily be seen as the water is crystal clear.
		The monuments at Xanthos include a Roman Theatre, an arched gateway dedicated to Vespasian (A.D. 75) and two unique standing tombs, the best recorded (known as the "Harpy Tomb") from 5th Century B.C. The French archaeological institute has been excavating here at Letoon for the past thirty years.
		Patara was the principal Lycian port and provincial capitol during Vespasian's reign.
	www.interpacyachts.com /Turkey/turkey_archeological.html (517 words)

	Xanthos Valley - A tour of ancient Lycia
		The usual tour comprises Tlos, Xanthos and Patara with the possibility of Saklikent gorge thrown in.
		If you're lucky, determined or hire a car then you'll get to Pinara and the Letoon as well.
		Brief details of each site are given here but for an overall background to the area link to History.
	www.hitit.co.uk /tosee/XanthosV (155 words)

	LETOON HOMES Ovacik-hisaronu Villas Property For Sale in Ovacik-hisaronu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		LETOON HOMES Ovacik-hisaronu Villas Property For Sale in Ovacik-hisaronu
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		Gocek Terrace Life is located conveniently only 5 minutes from the Centrum and has a picturesque view of the Marina.Gocek area of Fethiye Bay has coun...
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	Fethiye , Fethiye,
		These stylish apartments are located within Ovacik Village offering views of the surrounding mountain ranges.
		The Letoon Homes development consists of eighteen three bedroom apartments each with their own terrace and balcony areas where you can enjoy the breath taking scenery.
		The complex also benefits from a communal swimming pool and is close by to the main resort of Hisaronu and the beautiful beach of Oludeniz is just a short bus ride away.
	www.oceanestates.com /real-estate/housing-developments/devdetinf/langid_fr/prefix_tk/office_tk/mapno_TKDev1192 (81 words)

	Letoon - Temple of Leto (Pictures - 3196) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Letoon - Temple of Leto (Pictures - 3196)
		According to legend the temple of goddess Leto was erected on the place where she turned into frogs shepherds who refused to let her drink water from the fountain.
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	Fethiye - Olympos - Gulet - tour
		DAY 1 - Fethiye - letoon - Butterfly Valley
		The popular resort of Fethiye has an important marina at the head of a beautiful bay strewn with islands.This is an ideal starting point for trips to A?LA?DENIZ, SAKLIKENT Gorge, the ghost town KAYAKAY, XANTHOS, TLOS, the 12 Islands, LETOON etc.
		You will arrive here at about 5:00 P.M.on the fourth day.
	www.turkeytoursonline.com /english/Fethiye-Olympos-Gulet-tour.html (425 words)

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