Cisthene
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 39.393, 26.813
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Aeolis, Turkey
History
Cisthene or Kisthene was a coastal town in ancient Aeolis, opposite Lesbos Island, in western Mysia; its mines were a source of copper. Its location is not certain, but it is generally considered to be near modern Ayvalık on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey.