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Nicaea was originally named Ancore or Helicore before being refounded as Antigoneia by Antigonus I Monophthalmus.

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Nikaia

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Greece
Population
89.4K
Coordinates
37.97, 23.65
1118th most populous city in the world

Nicaea, also known as Nikaia or Nice, was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia.

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The Nicene Creed, which became the foundation of church doctrine, was adopted at the first Roman Ecumenical Christian council in Nicaea in 325.

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Nikaia

Greece

Country
Greece
Population
89.4K
Coordinates
37.97, 23.65
1118th most populous city in the world

Nicaea, also known as Nikaia or Nice, was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia.

From the “History” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0

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The ancient walls of Nicaea, built in the 4th century, have a circumference of 3,100 m and are formed of alternate courses of Roman tiles and large square stones.

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Nikaia

Greece

Country
Greece
Population
89.4K
Coordinates
37.97, 23.65
1118th most populous city in the world

Nicaea, also known as Nikaia or Nice, was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia.

From the “Ruins” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0

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The Church of the Dormition, a significant Byzantine church in Nicaea, was destroyed by the Turks in 1922, leaving only lower portions of its walls.

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Nikaia

Greece

Country
Greece
Population
89.4K
Coordinates
37.97, 23.65
1118th most populous city in the world

Nicaea, also known as Nikaia or Nice, was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia.

From the “Ruins” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Hipparchus, a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician, is one of the notable people from Nicaea.

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Nikaia

Greece

Country
Greece
Population
89.4K
Coordinates
37.97, 23.65
1118th most populous city in the world

Nicaea, also known as Nikaia or Nice, was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia.

From the “Notable people” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0

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