Turkey
Denizli Province
Pamukkale İlçesi

Laodicea on the Lycus

Laodicea on the Lycus was a rich ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, now Turkey, on the river Lycus. It was located in the Hellenistic regions of Caria and Lydia, which later became the Roman Province of Phrygia Pacatiana.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient city of Phrygia in modern-day Turkey
  • Also known as: “Laodicea” and “Laodicea-Lycus”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include North (Sacred) Agora and Central Agora.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 110 metres southeast of Laodicea on the Lycus.

Archaeological site
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an archaeological site, which is situated 120 metres southeast of Laodicea on the Lycus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goncalı and Bozburun.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 913.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in Turkey. Its population is 288.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 3,705. The village is 5 kilometers from the city of .

Laodicea on the Lycus

Latitude
37.83686° or 37° 50′ 13″ north
Longitude
29.10797° or 29° 6′ 29″ east
Elevation
289 metres (948 feet)
Open location code
8G9FR4P5+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 145583478
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8224665
Wiki­data ID
Q849709
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Laodicea on the Lycus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لاوديكيا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Laodikeya”
  • Basque: “Laodizea”
  • Belarusian: “Лаадыкея”
  • Bulgarian: “Лаодикея”
  • Catalan: “Deñizli Ladik”
  • Catalan: “Laodicea del Licos”
  • Chinese: “老底嘉”
  • Czech: “Laodikaeia”
  • Czech: “Laodikeia”
  • Dutch: “Laodicea aan de Lycus”
  • Dutch: “Laodikeia”
  • Finnish: “Laodikea”
  • Finnish: “Laodikeia”
  • French: “Laodicée du Lycos”
  • Galician: “Laodicea no Lycus”
  • German: “Ladik”
  • German: “Lâdik”
  • German: “Laodicea ad Lycum”
  • German: “Laodikeia am Lykos”
  • Greek: “Λαοδίκεια ἐπὶ τῷ Λύκῳ”
  • Greek: “Λαοδίκεια η εν Φρυγία”
  • Greek: “Λαοδίκεια η Φρυγική”
  • Greek: “Λαοδίκεια” (historical)
  • Hebrew: “לאודיקיאה על הליקוס”
  • Hungarian: “Laodicea”
  • Hungarian: “Laodikeia Phrügiké”
  • Indonesian: “Laodikia”
  • Irish: “Láódacáia”
  • Irish: “Laodicea”
  • Irish: “Láoidícéa”
  • Italian: “Laodicea al Lico”
  • Italian: “Laodicea”
  • Japanese: “ラーズィク”
  • Japanese: “ラオディキア”
  • Japanese: “ラオディキヤ”
  • Korean: “라오디게아 유적”
  • Latin: “Laodicea ad Lycum”
  • Latvian: “Lāodikeja”
  • Macedonian: “Лаодикеја”
  • Macedonian: “Лаодикија”
  • Malagasy: “Laôdikea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Laodikea”
  • Norwegian: “Laodikea”
  • Persian: “لائودیکیه”
  • Polish: “Laodycea”
  • Portuguese: “Laodiceia do Lico”
  • Portuguese: “Laodiceia no Lico”
  • Portuguese: “Laodiceia no Licos”
  • Portuguese: “Laodicéia no Licos”
  • Portuguese: “Laodiceia”
  • Russian: “Лаодикея на Лике”
  • Russian: “Лаодикея”
  • Russian: “Лаодикия”
  • Russian: “Лаодиция”
  • Serbian: “Лаодикија”
  • Slovenian: “Laodikeja na Likosu”
  • Spanish: “Laodicea”
  • Spanish: “Roas”
  • Swedish: “Laodikeia”
  • Turkish: “Laodikeia”
  • Turkish: “Laodikya”
  • Turkish: “Leodikya”
  • Ukrainian: “Лаодікея”
  • Vietnamese: “Laodicea ad Lycum”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Laodicea (Frigia)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Laodicea”

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