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  2. Lycus (river of Constantinople) - Wikipedia

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    The Lycus reached the walls of Constantinople between the gates of Carisius and St. Romanus (corresponding to modern Edirnekapı and Topkapı), just south of the Fifth Military Gate, passed under the walls and entered the city. [1] At that point a tower, now known as "Sulukule," meaning "water tower", protected the river.

  3. Lycus - Wikipedia

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    Lycus (river of Phrygia), a historical river, a tributary of the Maeander; Lycus (river of Pontus), modern Kelkit, a river in the Black Sea Region of Turkey and the longest tributary of the Yeşil River; Platani (river), a river of Sicily, was sometimes also called the Lycus. Lycus (river of Constantinople), a stream on the Byzantine peninsula ...

  4. Category:Rivers of Turkey - Wikipedia

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    Limonlu River; Lycus (river of Constantinople) Lycus (river of Phrygia) M. Machakhelistsqali; Manavgat River; Maritsa; Melendiz River; River Meles; Mert River ...

  5. Walls of Constantinople - Wikipedia

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    From there the wall descends into the valley of the river Lycus, where it reaches its lowest point at 35 m above sea level. Climbing the slope of the Sixth Hill, the wall then rises up to the Gate of Charisius or Gate of Adrianople, at some 76 m height. [38] From the Gate of Adrianople to the Blachernae, the walls fall to a level of some 60 m.

  6. Colossae - Wikipedia

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    Colossae was located in Phrygia, in Asia Minor. [2] It was located 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Laodicea on the road through the Lycus Valley near the Lycus River at the foot of Mt. Cadmus, the highest mountain in Turkey's western Aegean Region, and between the cities Sardeis and Celaenae, and southeast of the ancient city of Hierapolis.

  7. Stelae of Nahr el-Kalb - Wikipedia

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    The inscription includes the words "Lyco Flumen", which provided scholars such as Edward Robinson to conclude that the Nahr el-Kalb was the ancient Lycus river. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Two of the inscriptions are in Greek, one of which still can be read as commemorating road or engineering work left by Proclus, Byzantine governor of Phoenicia in 382 AD ...

  8. Lycus (river of Phrygia) - Wikipedia

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    Lycus or Lykos (Ancient Greek: Λύκος; Turkish: Çürüksu) was the name of a river in ancient Phrygia. It is a tributary of the Maeander and joins it a few kilometers south of Tripolis. It had its sources in the eastern parts of Mount Cadmus (Strabo xii. p. 578), not far from those of the Meander itself, and it flowed westerly towards ...

  9. Nahr al-Kalb - Wikipedia

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    The Nahr al-Kalb is the ancient Lycus River. [1] The river mouth is renowned for its Commemorative stelae of Nahr el-Kalb, featuring inscriptions from various civilizations. [2] Past generals and conquerors have traditionally built monuments at the mouth of the Nahr al-Kalb, known as the Commemorative stelae of Nahr el-Kalb.

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