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Monte Quimera
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Begum
July 11, 2022
Eternal flames of mythological Chimera. 3.5 kilometers from Cirali/Olympos beach, you'll get to the entrance gates of Chimera. A 15-20 minutes hike to the hill, you'll see the flames coming out of the rocks which is burning since centuries as a wonder of the nature. Recommended to visit in the evening (by joining a night tour from Olympos, or by your own car to the entrance).
Eternal flames of mythological Chimera. 3.5 kilometers from Cirali/Olympos beach, you'll get to the entrance gates of Chimera. A 15-20 minutes hike to the hill, you'll see the flames coming out of the rocks which is burning since centuries as a wonder of the nature. Recommended to visit in the eveni…
Maud
July 31, 2016
See the eternal flames, bring marshmallow or sausages to grill on the flames. From there it's possible to hike to Ulupinar Chimaera is a place in southern Turkey where gas coming out of the rock self-ignites on contact with air. The place is most beautiful at night. These flames were a source of mythology. Called in Turkish Yanartaş (flaming rock), it consists of some two dozen vents in the ground, grouped in two patches on the hillside above the Temple of Hephaistos about 3 km north of Çıralı, near ancient Olympos, in Lycia. The vents emit burning methane thought to be of metamorphic origin, which in ancient times sailors could navigate by, and which today is used to brew tea. In Greek mythology, the Chimera is a monstrous creature made of the parts of multiple animals. Descriptions vary – some say it had the body of a goat, the tail of a snake or dragon and the head of a lion, though others say it had heads of both the goat and lion, with a snake for a tail. All descriptions, however, agree that it breathed fire from one or more of its heads. Sighting the chimera was a sign of storms, shipwrecks, and natural disasters (particularly volcanos). In Medieval Christian art, the chimera appears as a symbol of Satanic forces. Chimera was finally defeated by Bellerophon with the help of Pegasus, the winged horse, at the command of King Iobates of Lycia.
See the eternal flames, bring marshmallow or sausages to grill on the flames. From there it's possible to hike to Ulupinar Chimaera is a place in southern Turkey where gas coming out of the rock self-ignites on contact with air. The place is most beautiful at night. These flames were a source o…
Shirin
April 19, 2021
Mount Chimaera was the name of a place in ancient Lycia, notable for constantly burning fires. It is thought to be the area called Yanartaş in Turkey
Aynur
January 3, 2020
Adını Yunan Mitolojisindeki ateş saçan yaratık olan Chimera' dan alan Olimpos yakınındaki 'Yanartaş efsanesini biliyor musunuz?
Hüseyin
August 2, 2022
Site archéologique caractérisé par un feu éternel depuis 2500 ans causé par des émissions naturelles de méthane et de dihydrogène.
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Antalya