Daidala

Daidala was an ancient settlement at the border of Lycia and Caria in southwestern Turkey, located at Inlice Asarli, 19 km north of Fethiye. Strabo identified it as the beginning of the Rhodian Peraea, and Livy recorded its liberation from siege by Antiochos III in 190 BC. The acropolis contains a ring wall of fine ashlar masonry, a small fort, and a circular cistern. The site is notable for its diverse funerary architecture including several Lycian rock-cut tombs, sarcophagi, and numerous pigeon-hole tombs carved into inaccessible rock faces, alongside a fine Doric rock-cut temple tomb beside the main Fethiye road.