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Baris

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
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Population
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Coordinates
37.857, 30.340
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Pisidia in modern-day Turkey

History

Baris was a town of ancient Pisidia inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. During the Byzantine period, Baris became the seat of a bishopric within the province of Pisidia. Although the residential diocese later disappeared, it survives in the Roman Catholic Church as a titular see.

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