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Pinara 129 pictures 6 minutes HQ video The lycian name of this ancient town was Pinale meaning round. In fact, according to Manecrates, a 4^th century B.C. historian, the townsfolk of Xanthos thought that their city was overpopulated. So they split up into three groups, one of which settled on a height founding Pinara. This town already existed during the 5^th century B.C. Strabo maintained that the town was so important that it posed a threat to the Lycian federacy together with Olympos,Myra, Tlos, Xanthos and Patara. It was conquered, together with the latter two, by Alexander the Great in 334 B.C. After the death of Alexander the Great the city was under the rule of Pergamon. View of the Valley and the Theater Theater The theater in a good state of repair, dating back to the 2^nd century B.C. It could accommodate 3,200 spectators and consists of 27 rows divided into nine wedge-shaped sectors by ten flights of steps. Temple Roman temple which contained six columns in the front and in the rear, and eight on the lateral facades. The temple was dedicated to Aphrodite. Acropolis The Pinara acropolis, where thousands of pigeon type tombs are found. Lycian tombs Odeon The odeon was built in the Roman period. Buildings on the South Back to Turkey Index