Antalya and St. Nicolas Church - Turkey Cultural Tour

Aspendos Turkey, the former ancient city of Pamphylia, is noted for its magnificent Roman ruins and the famous Aspendos Theater. The site is located in what is now southwestern Turkey and is frequented by thousands of visitors each year because it is home to the best Roman ruins in Turkey. The

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Myra St. Nicolas City_Antalya

Myra was a leading city of the Lycian Union and surpassed Xanthos in early Byzantine times to become the capital city of Lycia. Its remains are situated about 1.5 km north of today's Demre, on the Kaş-Finike road. Most of the ancient city is now covered by Demre and alluvial silts, for it is loc

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Perge Pamphylia City in Antalya Turkey

The longest-running classical excavation conducted by a Turkish University has been digging at Perge for nearly seven decades – with at least three-quarters of the city still to be uncovered. Techniques have improved since those early days, and the trusty trowel has been joined by more

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St. Nicholas church in Myra

The veneration with which this saint has been honored in both East and West, the number of altars and churches erected in his memory, and the countless stories associated with his name all bear witness to something extraordinary about him. Yet the one fact concerning the life of Nicholas of wh

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