Ancient site· Mudanya, Bursa
Apamea Myrlea
Apamea Myrlea is a ancient site in Mudanya, Bursa; Apamea Myrlea was an ancient city on the Sea of Marmara coast in ancient Bithynia, located today about 1 km southeast of the Mudanya district of Bursa.
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- 40.3764°N · 28.8833°E
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Apamea Myrlea was an ancient city on the Sea of Marmara coast in ancient Bithynia, located today about 1 km southeast of the Mudanya district of Bursa. Known as Hisarlık and thought to have been founded on Yayvan Tepe by colonists from Colophon in the 7th century BC, it was uncovered during a construction excavation in 2012 and declared a protected site.
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An ancient city on Yayvan Tepe, known as Hisarlık, a kilometre southeast of Mudanya in Bursa, thought to have been founded in the seventh century BC by Colophonians from Ionia. Traces of its harbour lie further north. The city was found in 2012 during a construction dig and declared a protected site, but being found did not mean being protected: a building went up on the harbour remains and was sealed by the municipality of Mudanya, and in 2020 smugglers carried off and broke up many pieces. The municipality plans to turn the site into an open-air museum.
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- The city was a bishopric under the name Apamea in Bithynia.
- Its founders are taken to be Colophonians who came from Ionia.
- The protected-site designation came only after a construction dig exposed the city in 2012.
- In 2020 antiquities smugglers removed and broke up many pieces from the site.
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