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Metropolis

by Ingeborg Simon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

by DiaboloDave, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

by Ingeborg Simon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Metropolis

Metropolis is an ancient city situated in western Turkey near Yeniköy village in Izmir Province. Occupation at the site goes back to the Neolithic period. Hittite, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods are well represented at the site.