Labraunda
Labraunda, Labranda, Lambraunda, Labraynda
A Carian mountain sanctuary above Milas, reached by a paved Sacred Way: a rock split as if by lightning, the double-axe Zeus, and the marble banqueting halls of the Hekatomnid satraps.
Civilization
Byzantine
Ancient cities
Laodikeia
Laodicea ad Lycum, Diospolis, Rhoas, Roas, Trimitaria, Ladik
Laodikeia's 285 m marble stadium is the largest in Anatolia; the city also has two theatres, a colonnaded main street and a church counted among the Seven Churches of Asia.
Limyra
Limyra, Zemuri
Limyra built an empty tomb for Gaius Caesar, adopted son of Augustus; it is also known for King Perikle's monumental tomb, over 400 rock tombs and its acropolis under Mount Toçak.
Magnesia on the Maeander
Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Magnesia epi Maiandro, Magnesia hē Asianē, Leukophrys, Tekke, Tekin
Magnesia on the Maeander is a Hellenistic city beside the Gümüşçay in Germencik, Aydın, famed for Hermogenes' Temple of Artemis Leukophryene, its agora and stadium.
Metropolis
Metropolis
Metropolis is an Ionian city at Torbalı beneath Mount Gallesion, known for its theatre, bouleuterion, stoa, Peristyle House and Lower Bath-Palaestra.
Midas Yazılıkaya
Midas City, Yazılıkaya
Midas Yazılıkaya, in Han district of Eskişehir, was the religious heart of Highland Phrygia, famed for rock-cut facades, altars and the Midas Monument.
Miletus
Miletos, Millawanda, Milawanda, Palatia, Balat
Mother city of more than 80 colonies, capital of Ionia and home of Thales, Miletus now lies on a silted plain with its Lion Harbour, theatre and the Sacred Way to Didyma.
Monastery Valley (Selime)
Monastery Valley in Güzelyurt, Aksaray, is lined with rock-cut churches and likened to a smaller Ihlara; nearby Selime Cathedral is the largest cathedral complex in Cappadocia.
Myra
Myra, Muri
Myra, in Antalya's Demre district, was a great Lycian League city and later the see of St Nicholas; relief-carved rock tombs flank its Roman theatre.
Nysa
Nysa, Athymbra
A Carian city split by a deep gorge in Sultanhisar: the place where Strabo studied, a two-storey Roman library, a theatre for 10,000, a U-shaped stadium and bridges across the valley.
Olympos
Olympus, Olympos, Hadrianopolis
Olympos, near Kumluca in Antalya, was one of the three-vote cities of the Lycian League, known for its pirate past, Byzantine churches and the eternal flames of Yanartaş.
Patara
Patara, Arsinoe, Patar, Pttara
Patara, capital of the Lycian League and birthplace of St Nicholas, stands at Gelemiş beside an 18 km beach, with a Roman arch, theatre, Nero Bath, lighthouse and granary.