The ancient city of Myra (now known as Demre) is known to us as a place of pilgrimage and Holy faith. The city, where he preached Nicholas the Wonderworker. The exact date of Foundation of the settlement is unknown, but, according to some Lycian inscriptions, it existed already in the fifth century BC. The world was one of the largest cities of Lycia and since the reign of Theodosius II was its capital. In III—II centuries BC, when it was part of the Lycian Union, the city received the right to mint coins. In the first century of our era, the World was visited by the Emperor Germanicus and his wife Agripina, in honor of which in the Bay of the city were erected statues of the Emperor and Empress. The decline of the Worlds came in the seventh century, when the city was destroyed by the Arabs and flooded mud river Miros.

In the early years of Christianity, Saint Paul, going to Rome, met with the first Christians. In the second century the World has become the center of the diocese. 300 year became Bishop of Myra Nicholas from Patara, known in the Christian world as Saint Nicholas. He was trained in Xanthos and preached in the World until his death in 342. Buried St.Nicholas was in the ancient Lycian sarcophagus in the local Church. Shortly after his death, among the faithful who came to venerate his tomb, there were several miraculous healings. Patients who came to commemorate the Saint, newly acquired health. Unfortunately, the Church in which he was buried Nicholas, during the Arab raids 1034, was plundered. Later Byzantine ruler Constantine IX Monomakh and his wife Zoe ordered to build around the temple fortress wall and transformed the Church into a monastery. But 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 the legend, the Italian monks who discovered the sarcophagus containing the remains of St. Nicholas, felt the smell of the worlds. These relics are still in the Cathedral of Bari. Turkey has repeatedly demanded the return of the remains to their homeland, but the Vatican has responded to these requirements is very negative and much hope for the satisfaction of the legitimate demands of the Turkish believers don't have. In the late twentieth century, in the Church of St. Nicholas in the Worlds, was found another grave. This discovery caused a huge amount of suspicion and speculation about where still buried Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia.

The Church of St. Nicholas is considered the third most important religious building of Byzantine architecture in the East. This historical monument has survived in the form of a cruciform Basilica, consisting of one large room. The appearance of the temple, which can be observed nowadays, the Basilica received only in 520. Then in place of the early Christian Church erected a new Church consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas. In the Church is perfectly preserved icons, frescoes, mosaic floors and a sarcophagus, where by assumption rested incorrupt relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The Church's floor is paved with mosaics with geometric patterns from different types of stone and small pieces of smalt. Patterns of small parts, alternating with large monolithic slabs, form a beautiful decorative pattern. This is an original pattern on the floor implies that all the pieces were performed on the preliminary sketch. Accurate data about the time when this was posted the mosaic pattern on the floor, still no. According to some experts it existed here even before the service in the Church of St. Nicholas, and later, when construction of the new building, the floor was included in it.

The ruins of the city of Peace is located five kilometers from the coastal strip, between the modern town of Demre and the sea. Fortunately, you can still see 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-cut tombs. Most of the tombs have beautiful facades with inscriptions and excellent relief images. Each tomb from the outside is decorated with very ornate and fancy. If you look at the bas-reliefs of the tombs, depending on the picture you can see what he did during the life of the deceased. Many tombs have been preserved rich canopies, and the inputs to them are often very similar to a small Greek temple or a house with a gable roof, supported by pylons. One of these tombs is of the form and the facade of the temple, which contains two columns of the ionic order with capitals and floral ornaments, as well as with images of a lion's head. The architrave frieze has a relief image of a lion attacking a bull. Such a variety and the location of the tombs can be explained by the ancient custom of the Lycians to bury the dead as possible, which was supposed to help the dead to go to heaven.

Very close to the rock tombs is the ancient Greco-Roman theatre, the original architectural ensemble and the beauty of the sculptured bas-reliefs which, they say about the fine artistic taste of the local artists of the time. The building was built in the second century of our era. Its construction involved Licinus of Lantus from Oinoanda, which was given for this 10,000 denarii. The house is in relatively good condition. Great acoustics of the amphitheater leads the audience in raptures today. All that pronounced in the orchestra, before the first rows of spectator seats, perfectly audible on the most recent series. But, unfortunately, this phenomenon has and unpleasant effect - himself an actor, performing on stage, hear repeated echoes of their phrases and it's pretty much prevents him from working, because the words of the text are lubricated and how to "fit" each other.

Interesting and the origin of the city name. According to one version, it comes from the word "myrrh", which means a resin which is prepared incense. According to the second version, the name "Maura" is of Etruscan origin and means "place of the Mother-goddess", only due to phonetic changes turned into the World.