İznik

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municipality populated place town

İznik is a historic town in northwestern Turkey, renowned as the site of the First Council of Nicaea and for its rich Byzantine and Ottoman heritage.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Iznik tiles 1
İznik District 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDistrictOf İznik self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: İznik District
councilConvokedBy Roman emperor Constantine the Great ⓘ
surface form: Roman Emperor Constantine I
councilDate 325 ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
foundedBy Greeks ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greeks
governedBy Bursa ⓘ
surface form: Bursa Metropolitan Municipality
hasBodyOfWater Lake İznik ⓘ
hasHeritage Byzantine heritage ⓘ
Ottoman culture ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman heritage
hasHistoricalEra Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine period

Hellenistic period ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman period

Roman period ⓘ
hasHistoricalName Nicaea ⓘ
Nicaea ⓘ
surface form: Nicea
hasStructure Byzantine churches ⓘ
Byzantine fortifications ⓘ
Ottoman architecture ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman mosques

Roman ruins ⓘ
ancient theatre ruins ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
historic gates ⓘ
madrasas ⓘ
mausoleums ⓘ
historicalLanguage Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
knownFor Islamic art ceramics ⓘ
Ottoman ceramics ⓘ
İznik tiles ⓘ
language Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn Bursa Province ⓘ
locatedInArea European Turkey ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Turkey
locatedInRegion Marmara Region ⓘ
locatedOn eastern shore of Lake İznik ⓘ
partOf Anatolia ⓘ
peakTileProductionCentury 16th century ⓘ
religiousHistory important center of early Christianity ⓘ
religiousSignificance development of Nicene Creed ⓘ
early Christian council site ⓘ
secondCouncilDate 787 ⓘ
secondCouncilSignificance restoration of veneration of icons ⓘ
siteOf First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism destination ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Empire of Nicaea ⓘ
wasImportantCityIn Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

İznik → administrativeDistrictOf → İznik self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: İznik District
this entity surface form: Iznik tiles
Nicaea → locatedInPresentDay → İznik ⓘ