What is Myra?
{{for|the singer|Myra (singer)}} [[Image:Ilja Jefimowitsch Repin - Saint Nicholas of Myra saves three innocents from death.jpg|thumb|300px|''Saint Nicholas of Myra'', by [[Ilya Repin]]]] [[Image:Myra Theatre.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Roman theatre of Myra, with the rock-cut tombs of the ancient Lycian necropolis on the cliff in the background]] '''Myra''' is an ancient town in [[Lycia]]. The small town of Kale ([[Demre]]) is near it today. It is in [[Antalya Province]] of [[Turkey]]. It was on the [[river Myros]] (Demre Çay), in the fertile [[Alluvial fan|alluvial plain]] between Alaca Dağ, the Massikytos range and the [[Aegean Sea]]. [[Nicholas of Myra]] (also known as ''Saint Nicholas'') did many things there. {{history-stub}} [[Category:Ancient settlements]] [[Category:Antalya Province]]