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Location

  • Türkiye, Dalyan
  • geo:36.82576,28.624493
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • -10xx / unknown

Classification

  • city
  • Visible

Caunus - Kaunos

data access 28760

Kaunos ancient port city is situated on the western coast of the Dalyan (Calbis) River. Its history dates back to the Xth century BC. There were two harbours from the Archaic Period until the middle of the Hellenistic Period: Inner Harbour - currently Suluklu Lake and the Southern Harbour.

  1. George E. Bean, Turkey Beyond the Maeander. An Archaeological Guide, London Ernest Jersey 1971, p. 166-179
  2. http://www.iyekko.com/
  3. http://www.dalyaninfo.com/Dalyan/dalyan_caunos.html
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunos
  5. Christian Marek, 1992 Çankırı ve Kastamonu'da Araştırmalar, Kaunos ve Patara. Kazılarında Epigrafik Araştırma, XI. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı : Ankara, 24-28 Mayıs 1993

 

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-08-26) , last updated by Jona Lendering (2020-08-13), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/28760
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: , E. and Lendering, J., Caunus - Kaunos. https://vici.org/vici/28760, accessed 2026-05-19.