Ancient City · Balıkesir
Adramyttion
Adramyttium was an ancient city and bishopric in Aeolis, in modern-day Turkey.
Adramyttium (Greek: Ἀδραμύττιον Adramyttion, Ἀδραμύττειον Adramytteion, or Ἀτραμύττιον Atramyttion) was an ancient city and bishopric in Aeolis, in modern-day Turkey. It was originally located at the head of the Gulf of Adramyttium, in the Plain of Thebe Hypoplakia, in the locality now known as Ören, 4 kilometres west of the modern town of Burhaniye, but later moved 13 kilometres northeast to its current location and became known as Edremit.
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The closest 8 places around Adramyttion; sorted without regard to province borders.
Distances are as the crow flies; driving distance may be longer.
Cyzicus
Cyzicus was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey.
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Zeleia
Zeleia and Zele was a town of the ancient Troad, at the foot of Mount Ida and on the banks of the river Aesepus (both located in Turkey), at a…
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Antandrus
Antandrus or Antandros was an ancient Greek city on the north side of the Gulf of Adramyttium in the Troad region of Anatolia.
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Lyrnessus
In Greek mythology, Lyrnessus was a town or city in Dardania (Asia Minor), inhabited by Cilicians.
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Dascylium
Dascylium, Dascyleium, or Daskyleion, also known as Dascylus, was a town in Anatolia some 30 kilometres (19 mi) inland from the coast of the…
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