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Lamponeia

Lamponeia or Lamponia, also known as Lamponium or Lamponion, was an Aeolian city on the southern coast of the Troad region of Anatolia.

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Lamponeia (Ancient Greek: Λαμπώνεια) or Lamponia (Λαμπωνία), also known as Lamponium or Lamponion (Λαμπώνιον), was an Aeolian city on the southern coast of the Troad region of Anatolia. Its archaeological remains have been located above the village of Kozlu in the district of Ayvacık in Çanakkale Province in Turkey. The site was first visited by Platon de Tchiatcheff in 1849, and later surveyed and identified as Lamponeia by Joseph Thacher Clarke, the excavator of nearby Assos, in 1882, and by Walther Judeich in 1896.

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The closest 8 places around Lamponeia; sorted without regard to province borders.

Assos

Ancient City · Ayvacık / Çanakkale8 km

Gargara

Ancient City · Ayvacık / Çanakkale12.4 km

Cocylium

Ancient City · Ezine / Çanakkale15.2 km

Polymedium

Archaeological Site · Ayvacık / Çanakkale23.8 km

Distances are as the crow flies; driving distance may be longer.

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