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Phellus
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Phellus

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
36.242, 29.662
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Lycia in modern-day Turkey

History

Phellus is the site of an ancient Lycian city, situated in a mountainous area near Çukurbağ in Antalya Province, Turkey. The city was mentioned by the Greek geographer and philosopher Strabo in his Geographica. Antiphellus served as the city's port.

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