The Abandoned Island off the Turkish Coast, Where Archaeologists Believe St. Nicholas Was First Buried
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The Abandoned Island off the Turkish Coast, Where Archaeologists Believe St. Nicholas Was First Buried
Off the coast of Turkey, near the modern city of Fethiye, lies the abandoned island of St. Nicholas, as it was known to sailors during the medieval period.Archaeologists believe that this small island is where the first burial of St. Nicholas took place, from which the island derived its name.On the island, visitors can find ruins of collapsed buildings and the remnants of five churches built between the 4th and 6th centuries AD, during the Byza…
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