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Heraclea Lucania
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🏛️ Ancient ruins

Heraclea Lucania

Ancient city · Italy

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
431 BC
Population
—
Coordinates
40.219, 16.670
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Why it was abandoned

🏛️ Ancient ruins

Detected automatically from the text: древний город в Лукании

History

Heraclea, also Heracleia or Herakleia, was an ancient city. It was situated on the Gulf of Taranto between the rivers Aciris and Siris. The ruins of the city are located in the modern comune of Policoro in the Province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy.

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