Myra Necropolis

•Renamed Demre, it’s a Lycian city of the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey.
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•Dating back to the 4th century BCE, the rock-cut tombs line the hills above Myra’s famed theatre and the Church of St. Nicholas.
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•They are divided into two main necropolises : the ocean necropolis and the river necropolis and comprised of a mixture of house- and temple-style tombs.
•In the past, these structures were richly painted with shades of red, yellow, blue, and purple.

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