Myra

thumb|300px|Cities of ancient Lycia. Red dots: mountain peaks, white dots: ancient cities

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Ancient site.name: Myra
Ancient site.native_name: Μύρα
Ancient site.image: Myra theatre.jpg
Ancient site.caption: The theater of Myra, with the rock-cut tombs of the ancient Lycian necropolis on the cliff in the background.
Ancient site.map_type: Turkey
Ancient site.map_size: 270
Ancient site.location: Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey
Ancient site.region: Lycia
Ancient site.type: Settlement

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Commons gallery: Myra
Commons category: Myra
native label: Μύρα
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History
Mentions in New Testament
Bishopric
Arab and Turkic invasions
Church of St. Nicholas at Myra
Archaeology
Notable people
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thumb|300px|Cities of ancient Lycia. Red dots: mountain peaks, white dots: ancient cities

Myra (; ) was a city in Lycia in what is today Turkey. The city was probably founded by Lycians, and was located on the river Myros (; ), in the fertile alluvial plain between, the Massikytos range (; ) and the Aegean Sea. By the 3rd century BC, the city was Hellenized. Following the wars of the diadochi the area came under the loose control of the Ptolemies, the Seleucids, and finally the Romans.