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Location

  • Türkiye, Myra
  • geo:36.257877,29.984709
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • -5xx / unknown

Classification

  • city
  • Visible

Myra

data access 11248

Myra: town in Lycia, modern Demre. The ancient town is especially well-known because it was the residence of Nicholas of Myra, the original saint behind Santa Claus.

See

  1. http://www.livius.org/mu-mz/myra/myra1.html
  2. George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, pp. 120-130

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Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by René Voorburg (2012-12-18) , last updated by p. jeffries (2026-05-03), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/11248
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: Voorburg, R. and jeffries, P., Myra. https://vici.org/vici/11248, accessed 2026-05-17.