Dorylaeum

Dorylaion or Doryleion was an ancient city in , now an archaeological site located in the Şarhöyük village near the city of . It was located at the Şar Höyük mound on a hillock.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient city of Phrygia in modern-day Turkey
  • Also known as: “Dorileon”, “Dorylaion”, “Eskisehir”, and “Mint of Dorylaeum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eskişehir Anadolu Airport and Holy Trinity Church.

Aerodrome
Hasan Polatkan Airport is an international airport that serves the city of . Located within the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Eskişehir Technical University.

Community center
The or Surp Yerrortut'yun Church is a historical Armenian Apostolic temple in the former Armenian quarter called Hoshnudiye of the Western Turkish town of . is situated 3 km southwest of Dorylaeum.

Railway station
Photo: Aycan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the main railway station in , . The station is part of a major railway facility, which is one of the largest in the country. is situated 3½ km southwest of Dorylaeum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eskişehir and Odunpazarı.

Photo: Spigidbe83, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , 228 km west of Ankara. In 2021 it had a population of 898,369, with almost as many again in the wider metropolis.

Town
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is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 1,120 km², and its population is 422,423, 47% of the provincial population. is situated 4 km south of Dorylaeum.

Dorylaeum

Latitude
39.79963° or 39° 47′ 59″ north
Longitude
30.53601° or 30° 32′ 10″ east
Elevation
795 metres (2,608 feet)
Open location code
8GFGQGXP+VC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 124431912
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­mound
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8693138
Wiki­data ID
Q1250866
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Dorylaeum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دوريلايوم”
  • Arabic: “دوريلايون”
  • Arabic: “ضورليم”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qaracahisar qalası”
  • Catalan: “Dorilea”
  • Catalan: “Dorilèon”
  • Chinese: “多利留姆”
  • Chinese: “多利莱昂”
  • Chinese: “多律莱翁”
  • Chinese: “多里留姆”
  • Croatian: “Dorilej”
  • Dutch: “Dorylaeum”
  • French: “Dorylaeum”
  • French: “Dorylaëum”
  • French: “Dorylée”
  • Georgian: “დორილეა”
  • German: “Dorylaion”
  • German: “Doryläum”
  • Greek: “Δορύλαιον”
  • Greek: “Δωρύλαιον”
  • Hebrew: “קראג’אהיסאר”
  • Hungarian: “Dorylaeum”
  • Hungarian: “Dorylaion”
  • Hungarian: “Şarhöyük”
  • Indonesian: “Dorilaeum”
  • Irish: “Dorylaeum”
  • Italian: “Dorileo”
  • Italian: “Dorylaeum”
  • Italian: “Dorylaion”
  • Italian: “Sarhüyük”
  • Japanese: “ドリュラエウム”
  • Japanese: “ドリラエウム”
  • Korean: “도릴라이움”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dorylaion”
  • Norwegian: “Dorylaion”
  • Persian: “دورولائوم”
  • Persian: “دوریلیوم”
  • Polish: “Dorylaion”
  • Polish: “Doryleum”
  • Romanian: “Dorylaeum”
  • Spanish: “Dorilea”
  • Turkish: “Dorlion”
  • Turkish: “Dorylaeum”
  • Turkish: “Dorylaion”
  • Turkish: “Eskişehir”
  • Turkish: “Şarhöyük”
  • Turkish: “Şatırhöyük”
  • Urdu: “دوریلیم”

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