レトオン古代都市は、ムğラのセイディケメル地区のクムルオバ村の近くに位置し、ムğラのフェティエ-カシュ高速道路の65キロメートル地点にあります。リキア文明は、アナトリアに痕跡を残した最も重要な文明の一つでした。

リキア連合の最も重要な定住地の一つであるレトオンは、1988年以来、ザントス古代都市(ザントス)とともにUNESCO世界遺産リストに登録されています。ザントスとレトオンの古代都市は、含まれる考古学的価値の観点から世界遺産の重要な要素です。リキア語で最も長く重要なテキストが見られる石の碑文はここから取り除かれました。

実際、これはアンタルヤとムğラの間の地域を支配していた多くの小さな都市国家によって形成された連合です。古代の最も民主的な連合と呼ぶのがより正しいです。

紀元前4世紀に地域がヘレニズム化され始める前に、地元の神々に捧げられた寺院を持つ地域は、王アルビナスの治世中にギリシャのレトーとその子供たちを崇拝するカルトに変わりました。

UNESCO遺産のザントス古代都市から4キロメートル離れた場所に位置するレトオン古代都市は、ビーコン船に乗っていたイギリス海軍のRdホスキン中尉によって発見されました。

古代のリキアの宗教の中心地であったレトオンの都市には、教会-修道院複合施設、噴水、入口の門と聖なる道、聖域を囲むポルチコ、そしてレトー、アポロ、アルテミスの寺院と共にヘレニズム期の劇場の遺跡があります。

レトオン古代都市には、宗教と政治の重要な中心地として、並んで建てられた3つの重要な寺院があります。これらの3つの寺院の南端に位置するアポロに捧げられたもの、中間に位置するアルテミスに捧げられたもの、北端に位置するレトーに捧げられたものがあり、これらの寺院の南西には噴水、東には教会があります。

アルテミスとアポロの母であるレトーに捧げられた最大の寺院であるレトーの寺院は、古代都市の西に位置しています。祭壇を尊厳化する伝説があります:

ゼウス神の子を妊娠し、ヘラ女神の怒りから逃れるために、レトーは新生児のアルテミスとアポロと共にデロス島を離れ、リキアに避難します。彼が子供たちを洗うために望んだ水源から村人たちによって追い出されました。怒ったレトーは村人たちをカエルに変えました。

紀元前7世紀から、リキア語で「エリャナ」と呼ばれる水のニンフに捧げられた聖なる源の周りに祭壇が建てられました。

1973年に寺院の周辺で発見され、紀元前4世紀のものと考えられているギリシャ語、アラム語、リキア語で書かれた碑文は、フェティエ博物館に展示されています。発見された碑文は、古代のリキアの国家聖域であった祭壇が、時間とともに公式文書が置かれる場所に変わったことを示しています。

レトー寺院の東には、ドーリア式で建てられたアポロの寺院があります。寺院のヘレニズム期のモザイクには、アルテミスの矢と矢筒、アポロの竪琴が描かれています。

知られている歴史によると、レトオンは西暦7世紀に放棄され、フェティエからアンタルヤまで延びるリキア・ウェイのウォーキングルートの一部でもあります。


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