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Location: 50 km (31 mi) East of Fethiye
Pinara (Hittite: Pinali, Lycian Pinale, translated "rounded"; Greek
Πίναρα) is an ancient city in Lycia, in southwestern Turkey on the
valley of the Xanthos. The place is about 20 kilometers southeast of
the city of Fethiye in the district of the same name in the province
of Muğla.
It was a center of the Lukka countries in Hittite times. In the
Trojan War , a cult tradition was established in Pinara in memory of
Pandarus, who was mentioned in the Iliad , an ally of the Trojans .
Pinara's greatest bloom began in the 6th century BC. so that it
could play a leading role in the Lycian League. In Byzantine times
it apparently fell victim to an earthquake in the 9th century. The
British archaeologist Charles Fellows rediscovered it in 1840.
The area of the settlement is richly covered with partly
well-preserved buildings that form a necropolis on a hilltop.
However, some objects in the past served as quarries for the nearby
town of Minare Köyü.