Expert historians claim to have discovered in Demre, a town in southern Turkey where there is a church from the 6th century, the exact place of the tomb where Saint Nicholas, origin of the legend of Santa Claus, was buried. “The original church was submerged when the level of the Mediterranean rose, and centuries later another church was built. Now, we have found the remains of that original church, and the place where Saint Nicholas walked and where his remains were originally buried, under a fresco of Jesus covered by a dome,” explains Osman Eravşar, head of Antalya’s cultural heritage preservation department. The discovery, considered of great historical value, has been covered by press around the world.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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