Hisar, Emirdağ

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Hisar
Village
Country Turkey
ProvinceAfyonkarahisar Province
DistrictEmirdağ
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Hisar or Hisarköy is a village in the District of Emirdağ, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey.[1]

It is situated in the middle of the site of ancient and Byzantine Amorium. The village was founded in 1892 and spolia from Amorium were used in building it.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Population of city, towns and villages - 2011". Turkish Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  2. ^ Ivison, Eric A. (2007). "Amorium in the Byzantine Dark Ages (seventh to ninth centuries)". In Henning, Joachim (ed.). Post-Roman Towns, Trade and Settlement in Europe and Byzantium, Vol. 2: Byzantium, Pliska, and the Balkans. de Gruyter. pp. 25–59. ISBN 978-3-11-018358-0., p. 27

Coordinates: 39°01′15″N 31°17′32″E / 39.0207°N 31.2922°E / 39.0207; 31.2922