Priene
Priene was an ancient Greek city of Ionia located at the base of an escarpment of Mycale, about 6 kilometres north of what was then the course of the Maeander River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient city of Ionia, in modern-day Turkey
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sanctuary of Athena and Bishop’s Church.
Sanctuary of Athena
Archaeological site
Photo: Zigomar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Temple of Athena Polias in Priene was an Ionic Order temple located northwest of Priene’s agora, inside the sanctuary complex. It was dedicated to Athena Polias, also the patron deity of Athens. Sanctuary of Athena is situated 200 metres south of Priene.
Bishop’s Church
Archaeological site
Photo: Alicembasli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bishop’s Church is an archaeological site, which is situated 180 metres southeast of Priene.
Sacred Hall
Archaeological site
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sacred Hall is an archaeological site, which is situated 250 metres south of Priene.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Güllübahçe and Yuvaca.
Güllübahçe
Village
Güllübahçe is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Söke, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,324. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.
Yuvaca
Village
Yuvaca is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Söke, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,463. Yuvaca is situated 4 km southwest of Priene.
Atburgazı
Village
Atburgazı is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Söke, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,827. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. The village is inhabited by Tahtacı. Atburgazı is situated 5 km southwest of Priene.
Priene
- Categories: archaeological site, polis, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Söke İlçesi, Aydın Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
37.66107° or 37° 39′ 40″ northLongitude
27.29689° or 27° 17′ 49″ eastElevation
105 metres (344 feet)Open location code
8G99M76W+CQOpenStreetMap ID
way 32255943OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Ukrainian—“Priene” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ፕሪዬኔ”
- Arabic: “براين”
- Armenian: “Պրիենե”
- Basque: “Priene”
- Belarusian: “Прыена”
- Bulgarian: “Приен”
- Bulgarian: “Приене”
- Catalan: “Priene”
- Chinese: “普里埃內”
- Chinese: “普里埃内”
- Chinese: “普里耶涅”
- Chinese: “雅典娜·波麗亞斯神廟”
- Czech: “Priéné”
- Danish: “Priene”
- Dutch: “Priëne”
- Esperanto: “Priene”
- Esperanto: “Πριήνη”
- Finnish: “Priene”
- French: “Priène”
- German: “Priene”
- Greek: “Πριήνη”
- Hebrew: “פריאנה”
- Hungarian: “Priéné”
- Indonesian: “Priene”
- Italian: “Priene”
- Japanese: “プリエーネー”
- Japanese: “プリエネ”
- Korean: “프리에네”
- Latin: “Priene”
- Persian: “پریهنه”
- Polish: “Priene”
- Portuguese: “Priene”
- Romanian: “Priene”
- Russian: “Приена”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Priene”
- Slovenian: “Priena”
- Spanish: “Priene”
- Swedish: “Priene”
- Tamil: “பிரீனே”
- Turkish: “Priene”
- Ukrainian: “Прієна”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Priene”. Photo: Ken and Nyetta, CC BY 2.0.