Ancient city in the world (the modern name of Demre) is known to us as a place of pilgrimage and the holy faith. City, where he preached Nicholas. The exact date of foundation settlement is unknown, but according to some Lycian inscriptions, it existed as early as the fifth century BC. Peace was one of the largest cities of Lycia, and since the reign of Theodosius II was its capital. In the III-II century BC, when it was part of the Lycian Union, the city received the right to mint coins. In the first century AD, Emperor Germanicus visited the World with his wife Agripina, in honor of the city in the bay which were erected statues of the Emperor and Empress. Worlds decline came in the seventh century, when the city was destroyed by the Arabs and mud flooded river Miros.

In the early years of Christianity, St. Paul, heading to Rome, met here with the first Christians .  In the second century the world has become the center of the diocese .  In the year 300 was the bishop of Myra Nicholas of Patara, known in the Christian world as Saint Nicholas .  He was trained in Xanthos and preached in the world until his death in the year 342 .  Buried St. . Nicholas was in the ancient Lycian sarcophagi in the local church .  Shortly after his death among the faithful who came to bow to his ashes, there have been several miraculous healings .  Patients who come to commemorate the saint, regains health .  Unfortunately, the church in which Nicholas was buried during the Arab raids in 1034 was looted .  Later, the Byzantine ruler Constantine IX Monomakh and his wife Zoe ordered to build a temple around the ramparts and transformed the church into a monastery .  In 1087 Italian merchants stole the relics of the saint and transported them to Bari, where Nicholas declared the patron saint of the city .  According to legend, the Italian monk who opened the sarcophagus containing the remains of St. Nicholas, the spicy smell felt worlds .  These relics are still in the cathedral of Bari .  Turkey has repeatedly demanded the return of the remains to their historic homeland, but the Vatican reacted to these requirements very negatively and little hope of satisfying the legitimate demands from the Turkish believers yet .  At the end of the twentieth century, in the church of St. Nicholas in Myra, it was discovered another tomb .  This discovery has caused a huge amount of suspicion and speculation about where the still buried Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra .

Church of St. Nicholas is considered to be the third most important religious building of Byzantine architecture in the East .  This historical monument survives today in the form of a cruciform basilica, consisting of one large room .  The appearance of the temple, which can be seen in modern times, the Basilica has received only 520 year .  Then, on the site of ancient Christian temple was built a new church and it was consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas .  In the church are still standing icons, frescoes, mosaic floors and a sarcophagus, where rested on the assumption incorrupt relics of St. Nicholas .  Paul Temple paved with mosaics with geometric patterns of different types of stone and small pieces of tesserae .  Patterns of small parts, alternating with large monolithic slabs to form a beautiful decorative pattern .  This original pattern on the floor means that all the pieces of the puzzle were performed on preliminary sketches .  Precise data on the time when this was posted a mosaic pattern on the floor, there is still no .  According to some experts it existed here before the service in the church of St. Nicholas, and later, during the construction of the new building, the floor was included in it .

The ruins of the town of Peace located within five kilometers of the coastal strip, between the modern town of Demre and the sea .  Fortunately, you can still view the city walls that protected the acropolis dating from the Hellenistic and Roman periods .  The necropolis of the city is located at the top of the cliffs and affects a huge number of Lycian rock tombs .  Most have beautiful facades of the vaults with inscriptions and reliefs excellent .  Each tomb is decorated on the outside is very ornate and intricately .  If you look at bas-reliefs tombs, then, depending on the picture you can see what he did during the lifetime of the deceased .  Over many rich tombs preserved shelters and entrances are often very similar to the small Greek temples or houses with gable roof supported by pillars .  One of these tombs has a shape and facade of the temple, which contains two columns with Ionic order capitals and floral designs, as well as with images of lions' heads .  Architrave frieze has a relief image of a lion attacking a bull .  This diversity and the location of the tombs can be explained by the ancient custom of burying the dead Lycians as high as possible, which should help the dead will go to heaven .

Very close to the rock tombs is the ancient Greco-Roman theater, the original architectural ensemble and beauty of sculptural reliefs that speak about the wonderful artistic taste of local artists of the time. The building was built in the second century AD. Its construction involved Lisinus Lanfus Oinoandy of which was given to this 10 000 dinars. The theater is located in a relatively good condition. Excellent acoustics amphitheater leads his audience into raptures to this day. All that is pronounced in orhestre, before the first row of spectator seats, perfectly audible in the most recent series. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is and unpleasant effect - the actor, who plays on the stage, hear the echo of his repeated phrases and it's pretty much prevents him from working, because the words of the text and lubricated like "nalezayut" each other.

It is interesting and origin of the name of the city. According to one version, it comes from the word "myrrh" means a resin from which the prepared incense. In the second version, the name of the city, "Maura" is of Etruscan origin and means "the place of the Mother Goddess," only because of phonetic changes has become a World.