Ancient site· İznik, Bursa
İznik
İznik is a ancient site in İznik, Bursa; İznik, known in antiquity as Nicaea (Nikaia), was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia.
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- 40.4295°N · 29.7198°E
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İznik, known in antiquity as Nicaea (Nikaia), was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia. It is historically significant as the site of the First and Seventh Ecumenical Councils. After the Fourth Crusade of 1204 it served as capital of the Empire of Nicaea until the Byzantines recaptured Constantinople in 1261, and it was briefly an Ottoman capital from 1331 to 1335.
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