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Pessinus

Pessinus
Πεσσινούς
Pessinus is located in Turkey
Pessinus
Shown within Turkey
LocationBallıhisar, Eskişehir Province, Turkey
RegionPhrygia
Coordinates39°19′53″N 31°35′00″E / 39.331448°N 31.583280°E / 39.331448; 31.583280
TypeSettlement
History
PeriodsHellenistic to Medieval
Site notes
ConditionIn ruins

Pessinus (Greek: Πεσσινούς or Πισσινούς) was an Ancient city and archbishopric in Asia Minor, a geographical area roughly covering modern Anatolia (Asian Turkey). The site of the city is now the modern Turkish village of Ballıhisar, in a tributary valley of the Sakarya River on the high Anatolian plateau at ca. 950 m above sea level, 13 km from the small town of Sivrihisar. Pessinus remains a Catholic (formerly double) titular see.

Map of Pessinus by Charles Texier (1834).
Hypothetic map of the ruins at Pessinus by the French explorer Charles Texier (1834).

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