Letoon Ancient Site

Letoon Ancient Site is located in Mugla Province's Fethiye district. According to the myth Zeus fall in love with the titans doughter Leto and leto give a birth her babies Artemis and Apollo in Delos Island. Then she run away from Zeus’s jealous wife Hero to this site. Archeological excavations at the ancient Letoon site began in 1962 and revealed that the city dates back to the 8th century B.C. Tree temples honoring the gods Artemis, Apollo, and their mother Leto. A Trilingual Inscription written in the languages Lycian, Aramaic, and Greek was discovered nearby the temples, and a mosaic in the Apollo Temple was discovered during the excavations and can be seen in the Fethiye Museum.