Heraclea (Lydia)
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.615, 27.169
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Lydia in modern-day Turkey
History
Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Lydia at the foot of Mount Sipylus. From this town magnets were known as Heracleus lapis.