Pinara

Pinara was one of the six principal cities of the Lycian League, founded in the 5th century BC when Xanthos became overpopulated. Located 40 km from modern Fethiye in Mugla Province, Turkey, its Lycian name Pinale means "round," describing its distinctive hilltop geography. The site features hundreds of rock-cut tombs carved into cliff faces resembling traditional Lycian wooden architecture, upper and lower acropoli, a late 2nd-century BC theatre seating 3,200, an odeon, agora, and temples. Conquered by Persia around 540 BC, it later surrendered to Alexander the Great in 334 BC. Rediscovered by Charles Fellows in 1839, the site remains largely unexcavated and is on UNESCO's Tentative List.