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Multi-periodSite Name: Andriake Alternative Name: Andriace
Country: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Demre
Latitude: 36.226135N  Longitude: 29.956023E
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Kuba visited on 18th Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 This site is frankly nothing outstanding. The cistern is nice as is the small harbour part. The museum sadly dissapoints.

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Andriake submitted by davidmorgan : Looking down on the Roman granary at Andriake. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Andriake was the harbour-settlement of the ancient town of Myra (modern-day Demre in Antalya Province, Turkey). It was founded in the early Hellenistic age. In the medieval period it became silted up and was abandoned by its inhabitants.

Myra was a leading city of the Lycian Union and surpassed Xanthos in early Byzantine times to become the capital city of Lycia. Most of the ancient city is now covered by Demre and alluvial silts, as it is located on the river Demre River in a fertile alluvial plain.

The date of Myra’s foundation is unknown. There is no literary mention of it before the first century B.C., when it was said to be one of the six leading cities of the Lycian Union (the other five were Xanthos, Tlos, Pinara, Patara and Olympos). It is believed to date back much further, as an outer defensive wall has been dated to the 5th century BC.

Note: New open air museum under construction at Andriake focusing on the Lycian civilisation
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Andriake submitted by davidmorgan : The site where the new Lycia Museum will be created this year. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lycian artifacts at new museum draw tourists by davidmorgan on Saturday, 20 May 2017
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The Lycian Civilizations Museum, opened last year in the southern province of Antalya’s Demre district, has been displaying artifacts indoors and outside.

A total of 1009 artifacts unearthed during excavations in the Lycian League cities have been drawing local and foreign tourists to the region.

The ancient city of Andriake, which emerged during excavations initiated in 2009 by Mediterranean University’s archaeology department member Professor Nevzat Çevik, has been transformed into an open-air museum.

The Hadrian Granarium, which dates back to 129 A.D. and was unearthed during the same excavation, has been restored and converted to the Lycian Civilizations Museum.

Works initiated in 2013 were finished in 2016, and the museum opened on June 25, 2016 at a ceremony held with the attendance of Culture and Tourism Minister Nabi Avcı.

The Andriake Open-Air Museum displays harbor structures, trade agora, ateliers, churches, a bath, an underground water cistern, a Roman-era boat, loading tools, monuments and a Jewish temple, while the Lycian Civilizations Museum is made up of seven big rooms and a closed area of 2,400 square meters.

A 1,700-square-meter display hall is home to 1009 historical artifacts unearthed at the Lycian cities of Myra, Andriake, Patara, Xanthos, Tlos, Arycanda, Pinara, Antiphellus and Olympos. The artifacts are from the Lycian, Roman and Byzantine periods.

Kitchen tools, jewelries, marble sculptures, containers, tear bottles, earthenware and glass pieces stand out among the artifacts.

The animations in the museum depict life at the Andriake harbor city. The museum welcomes visitors at a fee of 5 Turkish Liras.

The Lycian League was established with 23 cities on the Teke Peninsula along the Mediterranean. The union was the first known democratic federation in history that inspired modern day democratic systems.

The city states were firmly bound to this system, which was assured with the equal representation of the cities in parliament. This federation developed strong ties between citizens in the social life.

In this system, principle cities had three votes, while the others had two votes or one, depending on their size.

Lycian cities were mostly situated along the coast on overlooking hills to have a full view of the sea, representing the solid relationship of these people with the sea.

Source: Hürriyet
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Andriake opens partially to visits by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 23 June 2015
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In the southern province of Antalya, one of the most important cities of the Lycian Union, the ancient city of Andriake, has been partially opened to visits. Andriake was the harbor of another ancient city of Myra and is located in what is now the Demre district of Antalya.

Work was first started in the ancient city by the Akdeniz University Department of Classical Archaeology Professor Nevzat Çevik in 2009. Excavations were carried out in the plakoma (trade areas), harbor structures, city bath, eastern and western monuments, synagogues and churches of the city. By the end of four-year excavation and restoration, the ancient city was redesigned as a museum by the Culture and Tourism Ministry.

The Roman-era Hadrian granary (grain storage), which was built in 129 A.D., was turned into the Museum of Lycian Civilizations. The granary has seven rooms and measures 56 meters long and 32 meters wide.

Artifacts found during the excavations in the Lycian Union were placed in the museum. The structures in the Harbor Bazaar as well as the agora, synagogue and a six-meter deep, 24-meter long and 12-meter wide cistern were restored.

A 16-meter long Roman-era boat, a crane and a cargo car were placed in front of the museum.

Following the establishment of the city’s walking routes, terraces and bird-observation terraces, Andriake’s restoration and museum arrangement were finished.

Now, the ancient city is partly open to tourist groups and individuals, and the entrance is free. The arrangement of artworks continues at the museum. The area apart from the museum can also be visited.

The ancient city of Andriake is five kilometers away from Demre.

Archaeology teams have always worked in the eastern part of the ancient city while the western part was previously unreachable due to its remote location, surrounded by trees and bush. It was finally unearthed and excavated at the end of 2013.

The 30-day excavation unearthed the never-before-seen part of the ancient city.

By the end of the excavation, arched structures, a church and city walls from the Roman and Byzantine period were found.

Source: Hürriyet
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Lycia Museum construction stops by davidmorgan on Sunday, 21 July 2013
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The construction of the Lycia Museum in Antalya’s Demre was stopped on July 1 because of a dispute over the progress payments made to the construction company. The museum was set to be finished in November this year.

The Lycia Museum construction and restoration project, which was initiated last year in the southern province of Antalya’s Demre district, was stopped when the progress payments were not made to the construction company. The museum is under construction in the Roman granary in the Lycian coastal town of Andriake, port of the ancient city and trade agora of Myra.

The construction of the museum was put out to tender on Sept. 25, 2012 and the Karacan Group got the tender for 8.36 million Turkish Liras. The museum was set to open on Nov. 25, 2013, and so far 60 percent of the museum construction has been done. The construction company, which received 27 percent the progress payments, wrote a letter to the Culture and Tourism Ministry to get the rest of the payment. When the payment was not made, the company stopped the construction on July 1 on the grounds that the ministry had not complied with the terms and conditions.

It was reported that the ministry did not make the payment because it had begun to reevaluate the work done so far by the company. The company, which completed the environmental arrangement, covered the roof and did 80 percent of other work, said it had gotten into difficulty because payments were not made on time and stopped the work.

While the construction of the Lycia Museum has been stopped, the Myra-Andriake ancient city excavations that have been continuing in the region for four years have not yet started. The head of the excavations, Akdeniz University member Professor Nevzat Çelik, said the ministry had not given permission yet for the excavations.

Following these developments, the Culture and Tourism Ministry deputy undersecretary Ali Şahin, cultural artifacts and museums general director Abdullah Kocapınar, investments and operations general director Adnan Aslan, Antalya Museum director Mustafa Demirel and other relevant officials recently went to Demre to make observations at the ancient sites of Myra and Andriake and the St. Nicolas Museum. Çevik and the owner of Karacan Group, Nazif Karacan, accompanied the committee.

The ministry reported that the company had been given a 1.2 million-lira progress payment for the year 2012 despite the fact that it had finished only electricity work of 40,000 liras by the end of 2012. And it was also claimed that the company was paid a 600,000-lira progress payment even though it had not finished work properly in 2013. The Culture and Tourism Ministry has started an investigation into the claims.

As part of the project, a granary will be turned into a museum for the first time in Turkey. The Hadrian granary, which dates back to the Roman period in Andriake, will be the enclosed portion of the Lycian Museum. The granary, which was one of the largest in the Roman period, was constructed in 126 A.D. and is made up of seven rooms, each of which is 65 meters in length and 32 meters wide.

The museum will include displays on Lycian culture, accessories, the life of St. Nicholas, the early era of Christianity, second century pier management and how people at the time lived and survived. The museum will be organized within a thematic display.

In one area of the museum, reflections on Lycian artworks will be interpreted by modern day artists.
The new structures that will be revealed in the trade agora and the Andriake port city will be the open-air sections of the museum, where the region’s artifacts will be displayed.

Myra was a leading city of the Lycian League and surpassed Xanthos in early Byzantine times to become the capital city of Lycia. Its remains are situated about 1.5 kilometers north of today’s Demre, on the Kaş-Finike road. Most of the ancient city is now covered by Demre and

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Museum on the way in ancient Lycian city by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 06 March 2013
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Construction work has started on the establishment of the Lycian Museum in the southern province of Antalya’s Demre district. The open-air museum will be constructed in the Roman granary in the Andriake port of the ancient city and trade agora of Myra.

Ticket booths, administrative offices, cafes and toilets have been constructed under the consultancy of the head of the Myra-Andriake excavations and Akdeniz University Archaeology Department, Professor Nevzat Çevik.

As part of the project, which is expected to be finished on Nov. 25, 2013, a granary will be turned into a museum for the first time in Turkey. The Hadrian granary, which dates back to the Roman period in Andriake, will be the enclosed portion of the Lycian Museum. The granary, which was one of the largest in the Roman period, was constructed in 126 A.D. and is made up of seven rooms, each of which is 65 meters in length and 32 meters wide.

The new structures that will be revealed in the trade agora and the Andriake Port City will be the open-air sections of the museum, where the region’s artifacts will be displayed.

“Turkey will have a very important open-air museum,” said Çevik. “People will be able to visit the Lycian Museum here next year.”

Source: Hurriyet.
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Antalya to get new Lycia Museum by davidmorgan on Thursday, 07 February 2013
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Antalya is readying to open a Lycian Museum, with excavations continue at the Myra and Andriake ancient sites. The museum, which will also include the biggest ancient wheat storage location in the Mediterranean, will be open within 15 months.

Antalya will soon see the opening of a museum focusing on the Lycian civilization, with excavation works continuing at the ancient sites of Myra and Andriake. The head of the excavations, Professor Nevzat Çelik, says the museum is planning to open within 15 months.

Çelik told Anatolia news agency that the excavation works being carried out were connected to the new museum, which is expected to cost 8.6 million Turkish Liras and is supported by the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry.

The museum will include features on Lycian culture, accessories, the life of St Nicholas, the early era of Christianity, second century ancient pier management, and how people at the time lived and survived. The museum will be organized within a thematic display.

In one area of the museum, reflections on Lycian artworks will be interpreted by modern day artists.

“We want this part to be more dynamic, so that’s why we are going to use glass and sculpture. In each part, contemporary artists will be presenting their way of understanding Lycia,” said Çevik.

“We have started out with ambitious aims. The Culture Ministry also supports us and it is our dream to accomplish and open this museum,” he added.

The museum will also include the biggest ancient wheat storage location in the Mediterranean, which is set to be unearthed as part of the excavations. “The storage excavation will tell us the trade story of the Mediterranean ports,” the professor said. “The storage and granaries date back to the 2nd century B.C. and will be our focus. It will be unearthed by the end of this year and will be arranged as a Lycian Museum.”

Myra was a leading city of the Lycian Union and surpassed Xanthos in early Byzantine times to become the capital city of Lycia. Its remains are situated about 1.5 kilometers north of today’s Demre, on the Kaş-Finike road. Most of the ancient city is now covered by Demre and alluvial silts, as it is located on the river Demre River in a fertile alluvial plain.

The date of Myra’s foundation is unknown. There is no literary mention of it before the first century B.C., when it was said to be one of the six leading cities of the Lycian Union (the other five were Xanthos, Tlos, Pinara, Patara and Olympos). It is believed to date back much further, as an outer defensive wall has been dated to the 5th century B.C.

The origin of Myra’s name is uncertain and may be a modified form of a Lycian name, such as Tlos and Patara. The name was popularly associated with the Greek name for myrrh, with the emperor Constantine Porphrogenitus describing the city as the “thrice blessed, myrrh-breathing city of the Lycians, where the mighty Nicolaus, servant of God, spouts forth myrrh in accordance with the city’s name.”

Source: Hurriyet.

I'm guessing this will be next to the Roman granary at Andriake.
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