Knidos

Knidos or Cnidus was a Greek city in ancient Caria and part of the Dorian Hexapolis, in south-western Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. It was situated on the Datça peninsula, which forms the southern side of the Sinus Ceramicus, now known as Gulf of Gökova.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: ancient city of Caria in modern-day Turkey
  • Also known as: “Cnidus” and “Mint of Cnidus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple of Aphrodite, Knidos and Deveboynu Lighthouse.

Ruins
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Temple of Aphrodite Euploia was a sanctuary in ancient dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite. It was a famous pilgrimage, known for hosting the famous statue of Aphrodite of Knidos.

Lighthouse
Photo: Vadim Indeikin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Knidos

Latitude
36.6863° or 36° 41′ 11″ north
Longitude
27.37395° or 27° 22′ 26″ east
Open location code
8G89M9PF+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183321146
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q690575
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Knidos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيدوس”
  • Armenian: “Կնիդոս”
  • Asturian: “Knidos”
  • Basque: “Knido”
  • Belarusian: “Кнід”
  • Breton: “Knidos”
  • Bulgarian: “Книдос”
  • Catalan: “Cnidos”
  • Chinese: “克尼多斯”
  • Chinese: “尼多士”
  • Chinese: “尼多斯”
  • Czech: “Knidos”
  • Danish: “Knidos”
  • Dutch: “Cnidus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيدوس”
  • Esperanto: “Knido”
  • Finnish: “Knidos”
  • French: “Cnide”
  • Galician: “Cnido”
  • Georgian: “კნიდოსი”
  • German: “Knidos”
  • Greek: “Κνίδος Καρίας”
  • Greek: “Κνίδος”
  • Hebrew: “קנידוס”
  • Hungarian: “Knidosz”
  • Indonesian: “Knidos”
  • Irish: “Knidos”
  • Italian: “Cnido”
  • Japanese: “クニドス”
  • Korean: “크니도스”
  • Latin: “Cnidus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Knidos”
  • Norwegian: “Knidos”
  • Persian: “کنیدوس”
  • Polish: “Knidos”
  • Portuguese: “Cnido”
  • Russian: “Книд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Knid”
  • Slovenian: “Knidos”
  • Spanish: “Cnido”
  • Swedish: “Knidos”
  • Turkish: “Knidos”
  • Ukrainian: “Кнід”
  • Urdu: “کندس”

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