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Alakilise
36.3301° N, 30.0026° E
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Alakilise or Church of the Angel Gabriel is a church ruin in Lycia, Turkey near Finike and Demre in Antalya Province. It is situated ca. 860 meter above sea-level at the southern flanks of Alaca Dağ. Now only one of the walls of the church stands. The church has served a sizeable village that probably was founded in the sixth century. The church itself is a sixth-century basilica which was rebuilt in the ninth century. It is on the Lycian Way long-distance footpath.
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Village foundation
6th century
Original basilica construction
6th century
Basilica rebuilt
9th century
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