Heracleium

Kocaeli · Archaeological site

Heracleium — Photo: Turkey_location_map.svg : NordNordWest derivative work: Uwe Dedering ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Catalogue label

Type: Ancient city
Kind: Archaeological site
Province / district: Kocaeli
Elevation: 13 m
Wikidata: Q65070150

About

Heracleium or Herakleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον) was a town of Bithynia, on the Propontis. Its site is located near modern Ereğli, Asiatic Turkey.

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Location

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