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Phaselis is one ancient Lycian city in the Antalya City in Turkey.

It's located between the Bey mountains and the forests of the Olympos National Park, 16. km. west to the touristic town of Kemer and 57 km. of the Antalya / Kumluca highway. Phaselis and the other ancient towns around the shore can also be accessed from the sea by daily yacht tours.

The town was set up the Rhodesian's in 700 BC. It'd been the most important harbor city of the western Lycia for centuries. Herodotus mentions that it's a city of pirates. Phaselis's 3 harbors. The "Northern Harbor", the "Battle Harbor" and the "Protected (Sun) Harbor". The most important of these today is the "Protected (Sun) Harbor". In the middle of the city, there's a 24 m. wide ancient street. In the southern part of the street, there's the "Hadrian Water Way Door". There're ruins of shops and stores on the sides of the street and near these there're ruins of public places like Roman Baths, Agora's and Theatres. The date of these structures are said to be dated back to II. C. BC. There're water canals between the town center and the 70 m. plato.

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