Chalcedon
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 679 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 40.983, 29.033
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: древнегреческий город, расположенный в Малой Азии
History
Chalcedon was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor. It was located to the south of Chrysopolis and almost directly opposite Byzantium across the Bosporus strait, in Europe. At present, it is a district of the city of Istanbul named Kadıköy.