Caesarea of Cappadocia
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.722, 35.487
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Cappadocia in modern-day Turkey
History
Caesarea, also known historically as Mazaca or Mazaka, was an ancient city in what is now Kayseri, Turkey. In Hellenistic and Roman times, the city was an important stop for merchants headed to Europe on the ancient Silk Road. The city was the capital of Cappadocia, and Armenian and Cappadocian kings regularly fought over control of the strategic city. The city was renowned for its bishops of both the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic churches.