🏛️ Antioch-Seleucia Pieria
Hellenistic port city and early Christian center on the Mediterranean coast of southern Türkiye
📌 Fast Facts
- Founded circa 300 BCE by Seleucus I Nicator as a Hellenistic settlement
- Served as the principal port of Antioch, one of the largest cities in the ancient world
- Located on the Orontes River where it meets the Mediterranean Sea in Hatay Province
- Contains substantial Roman-era remains including a harbor facility, theater, and defensive structures
Antioch-Seleucia Pieria is an archaeological site on the southern Turkish coast where the ancient Orontes River reaches the ...