Teimussa is in the village of Ucagiz, which connects the highway to
Kekova. This is at the same time a shelter for
boats.
Ucagiz
Bay is surrounded with green
boats and the
bay looks like a natural port.
The remains in Ucagiz on the north coast of the
bay belong to the
ancient city of Teimussa city.
We know little about the history of this city, but we do know from inscriptions that it existed in the ninth century B.C.
There are remains of several
tombs here and on the coast of the village, there is a door and the remains of a tower on rocks.
Right behind the
dock, there is a house-type
tomb built in the ninth century B.C., and on it, there is a young naked male figure.
To the east, there are many sarcophagi which look like they are built on top of each other, Most of these
tombs are products of Hellenistic or
Roman times.
On the
tombs, the inscriptions say, “Citizens of Kyaenai and
Myra.”
Just as
Simena in Kalekoy formed a union with Apollania, Isinda and
Aperlai, Teimussa could have formed a union with
Myra and Kyaenai, and one of these cities was represented in the
Lycian Union.
On the eastern end of the city, there is a massive
dock some 28 meters long and 8 meters wide formed by cutting rocks.
Today it is even possible to still see the cut marks on the rocks. From here, you can proceed to
Simena in Kalekoy.
Other interesting sites in
Turkey are:
Antalya,
Kemer,
Phaselis,
Olympos,
Demre,
Kekova,
Simena,
Aperlai,
Kas,
Kalkan,
Patara,
Xanthos,
Letoon,
Tlos,
Pinara,
Oludeniz,
Fethiye,
Gocek,
Knidos,
Caunos,
Ekincik,
Gokova,
Marmaris and
Bodrum.
