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İznik (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 40 27 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.4500 decimal degrees |
Long: 029 43 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 29.7167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was city of ancient Bithynia and rival of Nicomedia; according to legend, founded by the god Dionysos; famed for Nicene Councils of 4th and 8th centuries; was capital of Crusaders and Nicaean emperors of Lascaris family 1206-1261; flourished under Ottoman rule. |
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İznik (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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Iznik (C,V,English,U,N)
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Isnik (B,V,English,U,A)
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Nicaea (H,V)
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Nikaia (H,V)
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Nicea Bithyniae (H,V)
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Elikore (H,V)
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Ankore (H,V)
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Antigonia (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Bursa (province) (P) |
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İznik (inhabited place) (P) |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Antigonus ca. 316 BC |
town (C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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religious center (H) |
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seat of Nicene Councils in 325 (condemned Arian heresy & endorsed Nicene Creed) & 787 AD (defined veneration via images) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital of .... |
Empire of Nicaea .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia, Türkiye) [4003628] |
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