Ancient site· Silifke, Mersin
Nesulion
Nesulion is a ancient site in Silifke, Mersin; On Boğsak Island in Boğsak Cove there are houses, tombs, cisterns and church ruins from the Roman and Early Byzantine periods.
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- 36.2673°N · 33.8273°E
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On Boğsak Island in Boğsak Cove there are houses, tombs, cisterns and church ruins from the Roman and Early Byzantine periods. An inscription found on the island, dated to the 5th-6th centuries AD, records that the settlement was called 'Asteria' and was furnished with buildings worthy of a city. From the 14th century onward, Boğsak Cove is reported in portolans and nautical charts as a harbour called 'Porto Pini', set opposite Nesulion Island. The name Porto Pini, meaning 'Pine Harbour', was given because of the Calabrian pine forests around the harbour.
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