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:''This article is about the ancient city named Patara in Lycia, for the city named Patara in Cappadocia, see Patara (Cappadocia), for the village named Patara in India, see Patara (India)'' Patara (Lycian: Pttara), later renamed Arsinoe (Greek: ), was a flourishing maritime and commercial city on the south-west coast of Lycia on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey near the modern (...)

Xanthos (Lycian: ''Arñna'', Greek: Ξάνθος) was the name of a city in ancient Lycia, the site of present day Kınık, Turkey, and of the river on which the city is situated. In early sources, "Xanthos" is used synonymously for Lycia as a whole. The site has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list since 1988. (...)

Rho (Greek: Ρω; Turkish: Kara Ada) is a small Greek island in the Dodecanese prefecture in the eastern Mediterranean Sea near Kastelorizo and less than 800 m from the Turkish coast. Rho has been uninhabited for most of history, except for the one Greek patriot who made it famous, Despina Achladioti (...)