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Ciscissus

Kayseri · Archaeological site

Catalogue label

Kind
Archaeological site
Province / district
Kayseri
Elevation
1,502 m
Wikidata
Q85752538

About

Ciscissus or Kiskisos was a town and bishopric of ancient Cappadocia. In Roman and Byzantine times the town's name was sometimes shortened to Cissus and belonged to the Roman province of Cappadocia Prima. It became a Christian bishopric, a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Caesarea in Cappadocia, the capital of the province. The names of two of its bishops are known from extant contemporary documents: Plato was at the Trullan Council of 692, and Soterichus at the Second Council of Nicaea in 787. No longer a residential bishopric, Ciscissus is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.

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The best-known places close by, in the shortest order from Ciscissus: about 284 km and 4 h 45 min of travel, plus roughly 7 h 30 min for the visits.

  1. 42 km · 42 min by car

  2. 39 km · 39 min by car

    Comana

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  3. 71 km · 1 h 11 min by car

    Arasaxa

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  4. 78 km · 1 h 18 min by car

    Korama

    Kayseri

  5. 54 km · 54 min by car

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