Pessinus

Pessinus was an Ancient city and archbishopric in Asia Minor, a geographical area roughly covering modern . The site of the city is now the modern Turkish village of Ballıhisar, in a tributary valley of the Sakarya River on the high Anatolian plateau at ca.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient name for the modern Turkish village of Ballıhisar
  • Also known as: “Πισσινούς”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yeşilköy.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 106. Formerly, the village was named "Acı Yaylası", and was subordinated to the Aşağı Kepen village. is situated 10 km west of Pessinus.

Pessinus

Latitude
39.33149° or 39° 19′ 53″ north
Longitude
31.58298° or 31° 34′ 59″ east
Open location code
8GFH8HJM+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183416930
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q728353
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Pessinus” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Pesinunte”
  • Breton: “Pessinos”
  • Bulgarian: “Песинунт”
  • Catalan: “Pessinunt”
  • Chinese: “培希努”
  • Dutch: “Pessinus”
  • French: “Pessinonte”
  • German: “Pessinus”
  • Greek: “Πεσσινούς”
  • Hebrew: “פסינוס”
  • Italian: “Pessinunte”
  • Japanese: “ペッシヌース”
  • Latin: “Pessinus”
  • Persian: “پسینوس”
  • Polish: “Pessinus”
  • Polish: “Pesynunt”
  • Portuguese: “Pessino”
  • Russian: “Пессинунт”
  • Spanish: “Pesinunte”
  • Turkish: “Pessinus”
  • Urdu: “پسینوس”

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