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Balbura

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
36.960, 29.561
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: Balbura or Balboura was a town of ancient Lycia, the site of which is at Çölkayiği.

History

Balbura or Balboura was a town of ancient Lycia, the site of which is at Çölkayiği. The site was brought to wider attention in the 1840s by Richard Hoskyn and Edward Forbes reporting on their travels in Anatolia.

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