Cytorus
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 41.859, 32.858
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Pontus in modern-day Turkey
History
Cytorus was an ancient Greek city on the northern coast of Asia Minor. Mentioned by Homer, Cytorus survives in the name of Gideros, which is botha bay of the Black Sea and the adjacent neighbourhood (mahalle) of the village of Kalafat in the district (ilçe) of Cide in the Kastamonu Province of Turkey.