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Heraclea Sintica
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🏛️ Ancient ruins

Heraclea Sintica

Ancient city · Bulgaria

Abandoned
500
Founded
355 BC
Population
—
Coordinates
41.449, 23.264
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Why it was abandoned

🏛️ Ancient ruins

Detected automatically from the text: ancient city, archaeological site in southwestern Bulgaria

History

Heraclea Sintica, also known as Heraclea Strymonike, was an ancient Greek city located near what is now the village of Rupite in south-western Bulgaria.

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