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Temenothyra

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
38.682, 29.408
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Asia Minor

History

Temenothyra, or Temenothyrae or Temenothyrai, was a town of ancient Lydia, or of Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, under the name Temenothyrae it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.

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