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Patara (păt`ərə), ancient Mediterranean port of Lycia Lycia , ancient country, SW Asia Minor. Egyptian sources ally the Lycians to the Hittites at the time of Ramses II; the Lycians spoke an Anatolian language. Lycia was frequently mentioned by Homer in Greek mythology.
..... Click the link for more information. , S Asia Minor (now Turkey). It was a Dorian colony, and became the seat of the Lycian League (167 B.C.–A.D. 43). According to the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul visited Patara. Extensive excavation of the city's ruins only began in the late 20th cent.

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No references found			ANTALYA, Nov 17, 2009 (TUR) -- Patara ancient city in southern city of Antalya has been promoted in a fair in British capital of London. (CUL) PATARA ANCIENT CITY PROMOTED IN LONDON by Anadolu (Eskisehir, Turkey) Two of the best beaches in Turkey, Kaputas and Patara, are just twenty minutes from Kalkan, and there''s a pebbly beach at the resort too. A Peaceful Holiday in Kalkan, Turkey by Lorraine Waddell / Travel, recreation and leisure community Patara is also a nesting place for the loggerhead turtle, a species 95 million years old, and has ruins dating from the time when it was an important port - shifting sands silted it up and it was abandoned about 800 years ago. DUNE DEAL by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			Pasture Pasture Yard Pasturing Pastyrskoe Gorodishche Pasupata Pasuruan Pasvalys Pasvolsky, Leo Pat PATA patagium Patagones Patagonia Patagonia Lake State Park Patagonia-Andean Subregion Patagonian Andes Patagonian Region Pataki, George Elmer Patan patand Patani Patanjali Patañjali Patapsco Patapsco Valley State Park Patara Patara-Tsemi Pataridze, Zurab Pataridze, Zurab Aleksandrovich Patarine Patarines Patay patch patch board patch bolt patch budding patch cable patch cord patch management patch panel patch pumpkin patch reef patch space patch test Patch Tuesday Patch, Alexander Patch, Sam Patchboard Patchen, Kenneth Patchogue Patchouli			Patamar Patan Patan Patan Tourism Development Organization patand patand patand Patani Patani National Youth Movement Patani United Liberation Organisation Patanjali Patañjali Patañjali Patañjali Patanjali Kundalini Yoga Care Patanjali Yog Peeth Trust Patanol PATAO pataphysical pataphysics Patapsco Patapsco and Black Rivers Railroad Company Patapsco Female Institute Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts Patapsco Middle School Patapsco River Patapsco state park Patapsco Valley State Park PATAR Patara Patara-Tsemi Patarene Pataridze, Zurab Pataridze, Zurab Aleksandrovich Patarine Patarines Patarini Patarinism Patarino patas patas patas patas Patas Monkey Patas Monkey Patas Monkey patas monkeys PATAT Patata Patata Patates frites Patau syndrome Patau syndrome Patau's Syndrome Patau's Syndrome Patau's Syndrome Patavinity Patavium Patavium Patawalonga Catchment Water Management Board

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