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