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Kekova 117 pictures 3.25 minutes HQ video Kekova, where ancient Simena rises up before the port of Kalekoy, is separated from the mainland by a narrow sea straight. Although today it is an island, in reality was once an important Byzantine city on the coast, and a heavily-populated and much older settlement, subsequently destroyed by a disastrous earthquake and almost entirely submersed in sea water in the bradyseismic quakes that followed. Even today, in Tersane, at the center of a sandy bay north of the island, you can admire the well-preserved apse of a Byzantine church dating from the fifth century. The entire coastline and sea-depths surrounding Kekova are literally scattered with ruins, and for centuries this was a region that offered a safe berth for pirates and fishermen. Today it is considered an interesting archaeological area. View toward the Island Wonderful narrow clouds Structures above and beneath the Sea Structures and Stairways on the Island Back to Turkey Index