Moutalaske
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.707, 35.402
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Cappadocia in modern-day Turkey
History
Moutalaske was a town of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited in Byzantine times. It was the birthplace of both Saint Sabas (439) and Saint Meletios. The former, during a visit to emperor Anastasios I in Constantinople, sent money back to his home village in Moutalaske to fund the construction of a church dedicated to the Saints Cosmas and Damian.