ANTALYA Myra Demre

Myra ( Demre) is always known as one of the most important cities of Lycia . The earliest coin is dated the 3rd century BC . But at least the 5th century BC the city is estimated that the establishment . Myra period of Roman rule developed and enriched urban civil projects have generously donated money . You Andriake Pole to go to Rome before moving from Port MS I have visited the city in the 6th century . Myra Byzantine period has been an important administrative and religious center . At the center of the Diocese of Myra St . Nicholas IV. He served as Bishop of the century ; ring has endeared himself , have attracted much suffering for the sake of faith . Myra since then has been a place with all the cross -way . In this regard, the Christian World of Demre has attracted all respects . Every year on December 6 Santa Claus has become customary to do activities . Myra would be expected to remain a major city like many of the ruins that date do not see today . Lycia 's largest theater is still standing today and the remainder at the same time it is the best preserved theater of Lycia . With a capacity of 29 thousand spectators in the theater seats and 9-10 is leaning on the hill . Even today, it is sometimes used for festivals and games .

Various types metropolis of Myra Lycian tombs contain important examples . Theatre divided into eastern and western metropolis he and Myra behind the towering cliffs , is built on a hill . Rock carved tombs are decorated with reliefs and writing . Another important residues St . Nicholas church. 7 Does the Church today . is below ground level . St . Nicholas 's bones inside the church was a marble tomb . However, some bones were stolen by Italian and Bari were kidnapped. In 1862, a Russian Prince enrich the Church has been restored St . Nicholas is considered very sacred in Russia . Russian church bells by the addition of a dome with a drug vault have changed . St.nicholaus children , sailors and heavy duty is the patron saint of workers . Also known as Father Christmas is all the world's children .

For the first time in 1904 with the name of the village to the status Eynihal the Demre ; In June 6, 1968 by the merger of four villages municipality ; On 4 July 1987 the castle has been the county name . Demre district was named in 2005 .

County history and is a tourist resort with its geographical position . Remaining in the county from the date of the St. Nicholas Church , the ancient city of Myra and Theatre, the ancient city of Andreake , rock tombs, the ancient city of Simena constitutes attraction for tourism . Kekova Island and the Sunken City 's clean water and climate and geographical aspects in our town is a settlement lucky in terms of tourism , despite all these features of the town that benefits from tourism can not be said enough . The reason for this is the difficulty of transportation , lack of accommodation facilities , so is the development of the service sector .

Demre Demre name from the river area in the city of Antalya on Turkey's Mediterranean coast is an ancient city located within the boundaries . Demre , Myra, a city that is inhabited by the Lycians . Also known as Santa Claus is the hometown of Myra'l saint Nicholas II . The region's name is changed in 2005 to the "castle" was known as . In the 1920s, the population exchange agreement between Greece and Turkey have migrated to Greece with a large number of Greeks Hristian bırakılal communities in demred lived up to that date . Greek villages evacuated in the region in a very clear way that this migration occurred once allows us to anlalma . Homes evacuated in myra greek shield , the intentional and ghost can still be seen in the Greek city on the rocks . Christians Greeks migrated to the region after Greece Turkish farmers settled in small numbers . The region is very popular , especially by tourists who want to visit the grave of Santa Claus by Christian pilgrims interested in seeing .

The mountains are covered woodland , coastal rivers from the mountains are composed of high quality soil . Demre , behind the Taurus Mountains and Gulf of Antalya on the shores of the west coast of the peninsula is located in the heads . Typical of the Mediterranean climate of hot dry summers and warm and rainy winter is the learner .

Before the 1980s, before the tourist boom in the region's economy was based on agriculture . Agriculture for the region remains important today dedemr Antalya . From the villages of Demre pomegranate, citrus fruit, berries , and every year in greenhouses and vegetables are grown in abundance . antalya airport around the resort is not the focal point in many tursitlerin with its rich history , Kekova Island , the sea and warm with a lot of European and Turkish holidaymakers from tarafada is still popular . In the region of some carpet and rug making extra income generating activities such as the annual camel wrestling they love it .

Local cuisine mediterranean fish and other seafood are also available

All beliefs and the sanctity of human history , or the technical creativity, or homeland defense , or collective labor Myra enthusiasts to Antalyaharc , or frontiers in human humanism , or a true sharing applications received from the source . Pataral Nikalaos before the 'Aziz ' soma 'Father Christmas' in order to raise is that he is a true sharing . III. Nikalaos born in Patara, Xanthos century the monastery was religious education . Between the years 290 to 280 in Myra Church of Saint Syon who come to visit his uncle . Soma from his uncle's death metropolitan olur.ro to the same church by the formality of the Empire , but the switch this way of life according to their own beliefs arrested . However, humanitarian , social , spiritual escape punishment thanks to the leadership is . Providing a dowry of poor girls , small children making pickles with such a disgusting sadism children from the hands of the landlord , saving stranded sailors Nikalaos always been a refuge . The controversial meeting held in Nicaea in the year 325 when you join. "Fire , earth, water has been collected in a brick of how God can be more than one property ," he brings a different interpretation of a triple in the Christian faith . St. Nikalaos A.D. 345 on the church when he died was buried in Myra . But history was not without experiencing a tragic paradox ; Saints of the leaders of the world's No. Nikalaos sharing sharing tomb was the scene of fighting . In 1807, the saint's bones stolen from graves in Italy , was taken to Bari . Today a part in the Antalya Museum , a part of Bari , ( maybe a part in Myra ) shows the atrocities of human selfishness . The simple fact here is dilleniy : the saint's bones, the Saints should be in the land of ...

Myra is one of the six cities Lykia'nm very important . BC Was founded in the fifth century , it is understood from coins and rock tombs from . Myra, " The Place of the Great Mother Goddess " mean that the size of the founding founders of Myra , switch inspired assumed that the impact of the scheme . Rock tombs in Myra took the glory of man takes immediate effect . Azra Erhat rock tombs comments as follows : " Apollo instrument and melody , poetry, and dance , in short, all kinds of art inspired great creative god ... Especially Fethiye's magnificent rock tombs , starting Kekova, Kas, Demre Olympos and all Anatolian with names many more cities throughout each one worship as manifested in the rock carved or floating in the sea that unique tombs, sarcophagi have seen me , this is Apollo, is a country saying we can not ourselves . "