KaÅŸ

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Kaş is a city in Turkey's Antalya province and the district capital of the district Kaş.

The village lies between the foothills of Akdağ Mountains ( 3080 m) and the sea about 180 km south-west of Antalya. Just offshore lies the small Greek island Kastellorizo ​​( Turkic: Meis ), the most easterly inhabited island in Greece (which even smaller, uninhabited Greek island Strongyli lies several kilometers east of Kaş )

Urban structure

Since the place has no sandy beach and into the 70s was only accessible via a donkey path, he has remained long untouched by mass tourism. The village with its typical Greek houses is a listed building.

The wharf offers in the bay on the western edge, except at West Wind, good mooring facilities. The undeveloped area served up to and including April 2008 gulets of the south coast as a winter camp. From 2008 to 2011 there was built a marina.

History

Kaş was founded by the Lycians as Habesos or Habesa. The first written record under the name Antiphellos is a bilingual grave inscription from the 4th century BC In the Hellenistic period the rise of the city began. During the Roman domination Antiphellos was even the most important city of the region. In the Middle Ages the city was a bishopric under the Byzantine Empire. To date, there is a Catholic titular Antiphellus. Later it came under the Rum Seljuks and finally under Ottoman rule. The majority of Greek origin population was forced to leave in 1923 during the Greek-Turkish population exchange after the Treaty of Lausanne the place.

However, scientists can not say exactly at which place has located the ancient city. Evidence of Lycian history can be seen everywhere in the place. The main attraction is the large stone sarcophagus at the upper end of the main shopping street. A few minutes walk to the theater, with 26 rows of seats from the Hellenistic period. Traces of a permanent theater building have not yet been found. Furthermore, there is still for Lycia typical rock-hewn grave chambers that mimic the wooden construction of a log house.

The ancient theater of Antiphellos is located on the western edge. It dates from the 6th century BC It is divided into three sections, has 26 rows of seats of light limestone and is open to the eastern sea. From the stage building no traces remain. It is - in typical Greek design - slightly larger than a semicircle and has a diameter of 50 meters.

Economy

Today there are in Kaş a more moderate tourism and many expatriate - especially English, Dutch and German. The place offers good diving areas, and there are several diving schools. Furthermore Paragliding is offered by the surrounding mountains.

Transport links

The place can be reached from the west of Izmir forth across the highway and various highways from the east via Antalya. An airfield there in Dalaman (100 km west ).

Since 2008, an official departure from Kaş to Kastelorizo ​​and vice versa is also possible. There are ferries every day. The crossing takes about half an hour.

The offshore islands are attractive targets that are achievable in smaller boats and tourists in the resort.

Twinning

Since 2002, Kaş is a partner of the city of Brühl near Cologne in Germany.