HERITAGE RECORD · 484

Xanthos-Letoon

桑索斯和莱顿

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

This site, which was the capital of Lycia, illustrates the blending of Lycian traditions and Hellenic influence, especially in its funerary art. The epigraphic inscriptions are crucial for our understanding of the history of the Lycian people and their Indo-European language.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ16912661 ↗

Area126.4 ha

Administrative areaQ4817107 · Q10782208

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

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