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Patara, Lycia

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Patara, Lycia

Patara (Lycian: 𐊓𐊗𐊗𐊀𐊕𐊀 Pttara), later renamed Arsinoe (Greek: Ἀρσινόη), was a flourishing maritime and commercial city on the south-west coast of Lycia on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey near the modern small town of Gelemiş, in Antalya Province. It is the birthplace of St. Nicholas, who lived most of his life in the nearby town of Myra (Demre).

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