Apamea Cibotus
Apamea Cibotus, Apamea ad Maeandrum, Apamea or Apameia was an ancient city in Anatolia founded in the 3rd century BC by Antiochus I Soter, who named it after his mother Apama.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Haubi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city of Turkey
- Also known as: “Apamea”, “Apamea ad Maeandrum”, “Apameia”, “Ἀπάμεια”, and “κιβωτός”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Celaenae.
Celaenae
Archaeological site
Celaenae or Kelainai was an ancient city of Phrygia and capital of the Persian satrapy of Greater Phrygia, near the source of the Maeander River in what is today west central Turkey, and was situated on the great trade route to the East. Celaenae is situated 800 metres southwest of Apamea Cibotus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dinar and Bülüçalanı.
Dinar
Town
Photo: Gertrude Bell, Public domain.
Dinar is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey, 106 km from the city of Afyon. It is the seat of Dinar District. Its population is 26,300.
Bülüçalanı
Village
Bülüçalanı is a village in the Dinar District, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey. Its population is 286. Bülüçalanı is situated 3 km southeast of Apamea Cibotus.
Karakuyu
Village
Karakuyu is a village in the Dinar District, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey. Its population is 112. Karakuyu is situated 4 km northeast of Apamea Cibotus.
Apamea Cibotus
- Categories: heritage, ancient city, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dinar İlçesi, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
38.07339° or 38° 4′ 24″ northLongitude
30.17315° or 30° 10′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8GCG35FF+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 4845948498OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q617518
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Apamea Cibotus” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Apamea (Frigia)”
- Basque: “Apamea”
- Bulgarian: “Апамея Киботос”
- Catalan: “Apamea de Frígia”
- Chinese: “阿帕墨亚”
- Chinese: “阿帕墨亞”
- French: “Apamée Kibotos”
- German: “Apameia Kibotos”
- Greek: “Απάμεια (η Κιβωτός)”
- Greek: “Απάμεια η Κιβωτός”
- Greek: “Κελαιναί”
- Hebrew: “אפמאה קיבוטוס”
- Hebrew: “אפמיה קיבוטוס”
- Italian: “Apamea sul Meandro”
- Italian: “Apamea”
- Latin: “Apamea (Phrygia)”
- Latin: “Apamea ad Maeandrum (”
- Latin: “Apamea”
- Polish: “Apamea Kibotos”
- Russian: “Апамея”
- Russian: “Келены”
- Serbian: “Апамеја (Фригија)”
- Serbian: “Апамеја”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Apameja (Frigija)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Apameja”
- Spanish: “Apamea”
- Turkish: “Apameia kibotos”
- Turkish: “Apameia Kibotos”
- Turkish: “Celaenae”
- Turkish: “Kelainai”
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