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46 km away from Fethiye, close to the Kınık village, Xanthos is located within the provincial borders of Antalya. It was the largest administrative centre of Lycia in ancient times, and independent until it came under the rule of the Persians in 545 BCE. It was completely burned down approximately a century later. After this fire the city was rebuilt, even had undertaken the task of being the capital of the Lycian Union in the 2nd century BCE. The city later came under the control of the Romans, then under Byzantine rule and remained under Byzantine rule until the Arab raids in the 7th century. This centre, featuring the effects of Lycian traditions, and the Hellenistic and Roman periods, and which has traces of every civilization that inhabited it, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988.
4 km from Xanthos, located within the borders of Muğla province, Letoon was the religious centre of Lycia in Antiquity. This sacred are contains the ruins of a monastery, a fountain and a Roman theatre, along with the temples of Leto, Apollo and Artemis. The largest temple dedicated to Leto, the mother of Artemis and Apollo, is the Leto Temple, which is located in the west. It was built in the type of a Peripteros, and is 30.25 by 15.75 m in size. The Apollo temple, built in the Doric style to the east, is less preserved than the Leto temple and is 27.90 by 15.07 m and with smaller dimensions. Located in the middle of both temples and being the smallest temple, the temple of Artemis is 18.20 by 8.70 m in size. Letoon is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List (UNESCO Dünya Mirasları Listesi) along with Xanthos.
