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Kuşadası is a municipality and  district  of  Aydın Province ,  Turkey . Its area is 265 km2, and its population is 130,835 (2022). It is a large  resort town  on the  Aegean  coast. Kuşadası is 59 miles south of  İzmir , and about 37 miles west of  Aydın . The  municipality 's primary industry is tourism. Antiquity The area has been a center of art and culture since some of the earliest recorded history and has been settled by many civilizations since being founded by the  Leleges  people in 3000 BC. Later settlers include the  Aeolians  in the 11th century BC and  Ionians  in the 9th. Originally, seamen and traders built a number of settlements along the coastline, including Neopolis. An outpost of  Ephesus  in ancient  Ionia , known as  Pygela  was located in the area between the  Büyük Menderes  (Maeander) and  Gediz  (H...

  The  Meteora ,   pronounced   [meˈteora]  is a   rock formation   in the regional unit of   Trikala , in   Thessaly ,   Greece , hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of   Eastern Orthodox   monasteries , second in importance only to   Mount Athos .   The six (of an original twenty-four) monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area. Between the 13th and 14th centuries, the twenty-four monasteries were established atop the rocks.   Meteora is located near the town of   Kalabaka   at the northwestern edge of the   Plain of Thessaly   near the   Pineios   river and   Pindus Mountains . Meteora was added to the  UNESCO   World Heritage List  in 1988 because of the outstanding architecture and beauty of the complex, in addition to its religious and artistic significance. The n...