Seleucia Pieria
Hatay · Archaeological site
Photo: cgb · CC BY-SA 3.0
Catalogue label
- Type
- Ancient city
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Hatay
- Elevation
- 8 m
- Wikidata
- Q1605894
About
Seleucia in Pieria (Greek Σελεύκεια ἐν Πιερίᾳ), also known in English as Seleucia by the Sea, and later named Suedia, was a Hellenistic town, the seaport of Antioch ad Orontes (Syria Prima), the Seleucid capital, modern Antakya (Turkey). The city was built slightly to the north of the estuary of the river Orontes, between small rivers on the western slopes of the Coryphaeus, one of the southern summits of the Amanus Mountains.
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Location
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