Nicaea, also known as Nikaia or Nice, was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia.
Iznik Roman Theatre 1645
Nicaea's Byzantine fortifications, Iznik, Turkey
Iznik Wall at Lefke Gate 8275
İznik is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 753 km2, and its population 44,236. The town is at the site of the ancient city of Nicaea, from which the modern name derive
Nicaea
…the Byzantines in 1261. Nicaea was also the capital of the Ottomans from 1331 to 1335. The ancient city is located within the modern Turkish city of İznik (whose modern name derives from Nicaea's), and is situated in a fertile basin at the eastern end of Lake Ascanius, bounded by ranges of hills to the…
Iznik, aya sofia, esterno 01
Dikilitaş, Beştaş, İznik 2
Khalili Collection Islamic Art POT 1584