Patara, birthplace of St Nicholas, is a wide-open sprawl of ruins framed by farmland and dunes in Türkiye. Georg Knoll/laif, Redux Before the iconic red suit and the sleigh, the real St. Nicholas ...
Before the iconic red suit and the sleigh, the real St. Nicholas lived and died in ancient Lycia, modern-day Antalya Province, Türkiye. St. Nick didn’t grow up with reindeer. He grew up walking among ...