Kaleköy
Village of the Demre district in the Antalya Province of Turkey
Kaleköy (literally "Castle's village" in Turkish) is a village of the Demre district in the Antalya Province of Turkey, located between Kaş and Demre, on the Mediterranean coast. Kaleköy faces the island of Kekova, and can be reached by sea or on foot from Üçağız.
The village lies amidst a Lycian necropolis, which is partially sunken underwater. Kaleköy is overlooked by a East Roman castle, built in the Middle Ages to fight the pirates who nested in Kekova. The castle contains a small theatre.
Kaleköy is a popular yachting destination.
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- View from Kaleköy Castle - 2014.10 - panoramio.jpg by rheins, CC BY 3.0
- Kalekoy20060929.jpg by Alessandro57, Public domain
- Sunken City Simena.JPG by Wusel007, CC BY-SA 3.0
- SIMENASUKALEKOY 002.jpg by No machine-readable author provided. Samoano~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0
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