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🏛️ Korykos-Seleukeia Tracheia

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🏛️ Korykos-Seleukeia Tracheia
Ruined Hellenistic and Roman port city on the Cilician coast


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 09:40
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located near modern Kızkalesi, Mersin Province, southern Turkey
  • Twin cities founded in the Hellenistic period; flourished under Roman rule
  • Served as a major Mediterranean trading port for grain, timber, and goods
  • Remains include city walls, towers, a harbor, temples, and Byzantine fortifications

Korykos and Seleukeia Tracheia were two adjacent port cities on the Cilician coast that developed as significant commercial ...

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