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Tiras
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Tyras () was an ancient Greek city on the northern coast of the Black Sea. It was founded by colonists from Miletus, probably about 600 BC. The city was situated some 10 km from the mouth of the Tyras River, which is now called the Dniester. The surrounding native tribe was called the Tyragetae. The ruins of Tyras are now located in the modern city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in the Odesa Oblast of Ukraine.
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Place details
- Locality
- Білгород-Дністровський
- Region
- Одеська область
- Country
- Україна
- Population
- 47,727
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Tyras
- Ancient site.native_name
- Τύρας
- Ancient site.image
- Tyras4.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Remains of Tyras, near the medieval walls of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi fortress.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Ukraine#Ukraine Odesa Oblast
- Ancient site.map_alt
- Tyras is located near the Black Sea coast in southwestern Ukraine.
- Ancient site.map_size
- 270
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.builder
- Settlers from Miletus
- Ancient site.built
- Approximately 600 BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- Late 4th century AD
- Ancient site.epochs
- Archaic Greek to Roman Imperial
- Ancient site.cultures
- Greek, Roman
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
- Ancient site.ownership
- Public
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- polis
- Official name
- Τύρας
- Country
- Ukraine
- Located in
- Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Tyras4.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tyras
- inception
- 0600-01-01
- native label
- Τύρας
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- P8168
- Mount Melbourne
Sources (3)
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Article · Español
Tiras (en griego antiguo: Τύρας) fue una colonia griega de Mileto, probablemente fundada sobre el 600 a. C., situada a unos 10 km de la desembocadura del río Tiras (Dniéster). Posteriormente formó parte del Imperio romano
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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