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Nicaea
Nicaea or Nicea, Modern Iznik, was an ancient city located in northwestern Anatolia in Bursa Province, Turkey. It was founded in the 1st millennium BC. By the 4th century AD, Nicaea was a large and prosperous city, and a major military and administrative centre. Emperor Constantine the Great convened the First Ecumenical Council there, and the city gave its name to the Nicene Creed.
The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, İznik.by QuartierLatin1968, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL, via Wikimedia Commonsby QuartierLatin1968, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL, via Wikimedia Commonsby QuartierLatin1968, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL, via Wikimedia CommonsElevation: 103 m
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UNESCO Tentative List
Date of Submission
2014
First Millennium BC
Ancient Greek
Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine + Islamic
Mixed Monuments
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