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Kaunos

thumb|Kaunos Ruins. thumb|Columns from the site thumb|Residential Quarter Kaunos (Carian: Kbid; Lycian: Xbide; Ancient Greek: ; ) was a city of ancient Caria in Anatolia, a few kilometres west of the modern town of Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey.

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Place details

Locality: Ortaca
Region: Muğla
Country: Türkiye
Population: 0

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Key facts

Ancient site.name: Kaunos
Ancient site.native_name: Καῦνος
Ancient site.image: File:DALYAN-KAUNOS_-_panoramio.jpg
Ancient site.caption: Kaunos Theater
Ancient site.map_type: Turkey
Ancient site.map_size: 270
Ancient site.location: Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey
Ancient site.region: Caria
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.built: 10th century BC
Ancient site.abandoned: 15th century AD
Ancient site.occupants: Protogenes, Zeno
Ancient site.condition

Wikidata facts

Instance of: polis
Country: Turkey
Located in: Q207998
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Official website: www.muze.gov.tr/kaunos-en
Image: DALYAN-KAUNOS - panoramio.jpg

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P1889: Caunus
P1435: Tentative World Heritage Site
P1343: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Article

17 sections

Contents

Name
Mythology
Origins
History
First Persian rule
Greek influences
Second Persian rule
Hellenistic period and Roman rule
Byzantine era
Decline of Kaunos
Ecclesiastical history
Titular see
Main archeological sites
Notable people
Notes
Sources
External links

The Calbys river (now known as the Dalyan river) was the border between Caria and Lycia. Initially Kaunos was a separate state; then it became a part of Caria and later still of Lycia.