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🏛️ Heraclea ad Latmum

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🏛️ Heraclea ad Latmum
Ruined Hellenistic and Roman city on Turkey's Aegean coast


🕐 3 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 11:15
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  • Located near modern Kapıkırı village in Milas district, Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey
  • Founded as a Hellenistic settlement in the 4th century BCE; later occupied and developed under Roman rule
  • Situated on the former shore of the Latmos Gulf, now silted and largely landlocked
  • Contains remains of city walls, a theatre, and various residential structures across multiple periods

Heraclea ad Latmum was an ancient port city founded in the Hellenistic period and subsequently developed during the ...

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