Araxa
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 36.745, 29.369
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Lycia, in modern-day Turkey
History
Araxa was a city of ancient Lycia, according to Alexander Polyhistor, in the second book of his Lyciaca. Ptolemy places it near Sidyma. It is located at a place called Ören, near Fethiye, on the upper portion of the Xanthus River.