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Antakya (Turkish pronunciation: [ɑnˈtɑkjɑ]), [a] modern form of Antioch, [b] is a municipality and the capital district of Hatay Province, Turkey. [3] Its area is 703 km 2 (271 sq mi). [ 4 ] Prior to the devastating 2023 earthquakes , its population was recorded at 399,045 (2022). [ 1 ]
The Ancient City of Antioch Map; Richard Stillwell, ed. Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, 1976: "Antioch on the Orontes (Antaky), Turkey" Antioch (Antakya) Includes timeline, maps, and photo galleries of Antioch's mosaics and artifacts; Antakya Museum Many photos of the collection in Antakya's museum, in particular Roman mosaics
The Antioquia Department of Colombia is considered to have been named either after the well-known Antioch or after a less well-known city of that name. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.
The Principality of Antioch (Latin: Principatus Antiochenus; Norman: Princeté de Antioch) was one of the Crusader states created during the First Crusade which included parts of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) and Syria. The principality was much smaller than the County of Edessa or the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
The Church of Antioch (Arabic: كنيسة أنطاكية, romanized: kánīsa ʾanṭākiya, pronounced [ka.niː.sa ʔan.tˤaː.ki.ja]; Turkish: Antakya Kilisesi) was the first of the five major churches of what later became the pentarchy in Christianity, with its primary seat in the ancient Greek city of Antioch (present-day Antakya, Turkey).
Below is the list of ancient settlements in Turkey. There are innumerable ruins of ancient settlements spread all over the country. While some ruins date back to Neolithic times, most of them were settlements of Hittites, Phrygians, Lydians, Ionians, Urartians, and so on. List of settlements
Ruins of the city remain, and include fortifications, baths, chapels, the Roman necropolis, a wine press, and the largest Roman mosaic found in Turkey. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2018, latrine mosaics with dirty jokes about Narcissus and Ganymede were discovered in Antiochia ad Cragum, [ 4 ] and in 2019, a large pool mosaic was discovered near the city.
The city was situated between the Maeander and Orsinus rivers near their confluence. Though it was the site of a bridge over the Maeander, it had "little or no individual history". [ 1 ] The scanty ruins are located on a hill (named, in Turkish , Yenişer) a few kilometers southeast of Kuyucak in Turkey's Aydın Province , near the modern city ...