Pompeiopolis
Pompeiopolis was a Roman city in ancient Paphlagonia, identified in the early 19th century with the ruins of Zımbıllı Tepe, located near Taşköprü, Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea Region of Turkey.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Roman city, today in Kastamonu Province, Turkey
- Also known as: “Mint of Pompeiopolis” and “Pompeiopolis Antik Kent”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taşköprü and Eskiatça.
Taşköprü
Town
Photo: Arif miletli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taşköprü is a town in Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Taşköprü District. Its population is 17,048. The town lies at an elevation of 553 m.
Eskiatça
Village
Eskiatça is a village in the Taşköprü District of Kastamonu Province in Turkey. Its population is 142.
Çördük
Village
Çördük is a village in the Taşköprü District of Kastamonu Province in Turkey. Its population is 261. Çördük is situated 4½ km northeast of Pompeiopolis.
Pompeiopolis
- Categories: city, archaeological site, human settlement, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Taşköprü İlçesi, Kastamonu Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.51821° or 41° 31′ 6″ northLongitude
34.21406° or 34° 12′ 51″ eastOpen location code
8GHPG697+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 282110860OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=moundOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1899754
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Pompeiopolis” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πομπηιούπολις”
- Asturian: “Pompeiopolis”
- Catalan: “Pompeiopolis”
- Catalan: “Pompeiòpolis”
- Chinese: “庞培波利斯”
- Dutch: “Pompeiopolis”
- French: “Pompeiopolis”
- German: “Pompeiopolis”
- Greek: “Πομπηιούπολις”
- Greek: “Πομπηϊούπολις”
- Irish: “Pompeiopolis”
- Japanese: “ポンペイオポリス”
- Latin: “Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taşköprü i Kastamonu”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pompeiopolis”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pompejopolis”
- Spanish: “Pompeyopolis”
- Spanish: “Pompeyópolis”
- Turkish: “Pompeiopolis”
- Turkish: “Sebaste”
- Turkish: “Taşköprü”
- Turkish: “Zımbıllı Tepesi Höyüğü”
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