Isaura Palaea
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.190, 32.245
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Roman and Byzantine era town in southern Turkey
History
Isaura Palaea, in Latin Isaura Vetus, both meaning Old Isaura, and perhaps identical to Isauropolis, was a Roman and Byzantine era town in southern Turkey. In antiquity the city was in Isauria (Ἰσαυρία) district of Lycaonia in today's southern Turkey. Its site is identified as near Bozkır.