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Aurokra

Turkey

Aurokra or Aurokla or Aurocla or Aulokra was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. It became a bishopric; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains, under the name Aurocla, a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Its site is located above Dort Köy near Doğancık in Asiatic Turkey.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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