Antalya Life | antalyalife.net » Patara / Gelemiş http://www.antalyalife.net Travel Guide of Antalya Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:11:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 en Patara http://www.antalyalife.net/patara.html http://www.antalyalife.net/patara.html#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:27:04 +0000 admin http://www.antalyalife.net/patara.html PataraTravelling from Kaş to Fethiye one arrives at the village Gelemiş at the southern point of the plain Xanthos-Eşen. Scattered in the marshy area and among the dunes of sand of the coast exposed to sand erosion remains of the ancient city Patara are seen. The name of the city is “Padaura” in the Luwian/Etruscan language. The word “pa” means “water” and “ura” means “ground” and accordingly, the name of the city means “marshy ground / river ground”. It appears that the inlet extending up to The Taurus Mountains in the north during prehistorical times was filled with the silt carried by the creek Patara in time and thus, formed a small bay.

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