Hieria
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 40.973, 29.044
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient town and suburb of Constantinople; now Fenerbahçe, Istanbul, Turkey
History
Hieria, also known as Heraeum or Heraion (Ἡραῖον), modern Fenerbahçe, was a town of ancient Bithynia and a suburb of Byzantine-era Constantinople. It is prominent in the city's history as the site of an imperial palace.