Letoon

It is near Kumluova Village at 65th km of Fethiye - Kaş
highway. In accordance with a story told by the poet Ovidius, the city was
established in the name of Leto, who became pregnant from Zeus. The traces of
old
settlement
in the city goes back to 7th century BC. The ruins and the inscriptions obtained
show that this place was a religious and political area. There are three temples
at the center of the ruin place side by side. The one at the most northern
direction is devoted to Leto, the one in the middle is devoted to Artemis and
the one in the south is devoted to Apollo. In the southwest of the temples,
there is a fountain building and just beside it, there is a church. In the
northern side of the city, there is a Stoa and a theater, which gives its rear
side to the natural slope partially, belonging to the Hellenistic Period. Letoon
has been left in the 7th century AD.
İlhan Aksit's book "Işık Ulkesi Lycia" (Lycia, Country of Light) and web site of Ministry of Culture & Tourism was used as a source for this webpage.