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Orthosia

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
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Population
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Coordinates
37.824, 28.228
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Caria in modern-day Turkey

History

Orthosia was a town of ancient Caria, inhabited during Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times. It was not far from Alabanda, on the left bank of the Maeander River, and apparently on or near a hill of the same name.

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