Historical place profile

Cibyra

An ancient Greek city, largely rebuilt in the early Roman empire after a major earthquake. Kibyra is located near the modern town of Göhlisar (formerly Horzum) in Turkey's Burdur province.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:638804
Catalogue ID
pleiades:638804
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
37.159439, 29.492155
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient Greek city, largely rebuilt in the early Roman empire after a major earthquake. Kibyra is located near the modern town of Göhlisar (formerly Horzum) in Turkey's Burdur province.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 65 B3 Cibyra

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

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