Ancient site· İznik, Bursa
Nikaia
Nikaia is a ancient site in İznik, Bursa; Nicaea (Nikaia) was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia, within the bounds of modern İznik.
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- 40.4290°N · 29.7195°E
Editor's Note
Nicaea (Nikaia) was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia, within the bounds of modern İznik. It was the site of the First and Seventh Ecumenical Councils. After the Fourth Crusade of 1204 it served as the capital of the Empire of Nicaea until the Byzantine recapture of Constantinople in 1261, and it was the Ottoman capital from 1331 to 1335.
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