•Destroyed by major
earthquake on 24 Aug. 358 BC
•Re-built by Nicodemos 264 BC
•The historian Arrian was born here
•The Byzantine
historian Michael Psellos was born here in the 11th
cent.
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•Izmit : Nikomedia, gulf of Astacos, founded 712 BC as Astacos, destroyed rebuilt
by Nicomedes in 264 BC. Hannibal
visited and committed suicide nearby. Constantines interim capital before Constantinople. Constantine died
here in 337.
•Remains of ancient
acropolis, theatre, agora, nympheum (fountain), necropolis, temple to Demeter, city walls,
•Home of Saint George, St. Barbara
•The 20,000 Martyrs of
Nicomedia
•Earthquake of 1999
killed 19,000
•Lefkai (Osmaneli) on Saggarios river
•Ruins of a large
church of 1890s, nearby a silk-spinning mill
•until 1921 population
mostly Greek
•Bilecik : has many restored
houses
•Sogut in the area , where
the Ottoman Empire was founded in 1299
•Bolu : Bithynion (Claudiopolis)
•Hittites, Strabo
mentions a Hellenistic town famous for pastures and cheese. Acc. to Pausanias,
it was founded by Arcadians from Mantinea. Hot springs
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•Beypazari : Lagania, name means rocky peak, old Anastasiopolis after the Emperor
visited and liked so much. Famous for 80-layer baklava (usually 40-layer),
crystal trona, a kind of natural
soda used in glass making
•Safranbolu : Saframpolis, from saffron (spice from saffron crocus, Akrotiri, Santorini)
•District Kirankoy : famous for Greek
houses with rock
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•Kastamonu : Kastra Komneni : Isaac I Komnenos built a fortress
•Siye : Kumyaka monastery
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•Cankiri : Gangra,
old Germanicopolis, from Hittites,
Synod of Gangra in 340 AD
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