Lystra

Lystra was a city in central , now part of present-day . It is mentioned six times in the New Testament. Lystra was visited several times by Paul the Apostle, along with Barnabas or Silas.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: historic settlement in Konya, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Klistra” and “Mint of Lystra”

Lystra

Latitude
37.66472° or 37° 39′ 53″ north
Longitude
32.21053° or 32° 12′ 38″ east
Open location code
8G9JM676+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183154479
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­mound
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q535982
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Lystra” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Λύστρα / Lystra”
  • Armenian: “Լիստրա”
  • Belarusian: “Лістра”
  • Catalan: “Listra”
  • Chinese: “路司得”
  • Czech: “Lystra”
  • Dutch: “Lystra”
  • Finnish: “Lystra”
  • French: “Lystre”
  • Galician: “Listra”
  • German: “Lystra”
  • Greek: “Λύστρα”
  • Gun: “Listla”
  • Hebrew: “ליסטרה”
  • Hungarian: “Lisztra”
  • Indonesian: “Listra”
  • Irish: “Liostra”
  • Italian: “Listra”
  • Japanese: “ルステラ”
  • Korean: “루스드라”
  • Macedonian: “Листра”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lystra”
  • Polish: “Listra”
  • Portuguese: “Listra”
  • Russian: “Листра”
  • Spanish: “Listra”
  • Swahili: “Listra”
  • Turkish: “Kilistra (Antik Kent)”
  • Turkish: “Kilistra”
  • Turkish: “Listra”
  • Ukrainian: “Лістра”
  • Urdu: “لسترہ”

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