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Liman Tepe

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Liman Tepe

Liman Tepe or Limantepe is the site of a Bronze Age settlement that includes an ancient port dating from 2500 years located underwater offshore. The area is situated in the urban zone of the coastal town of Urla near İzmir. In pre-classical antiquity and during the Hellenistic and Roman eras, it was a Greek town called Larisa.