ANCIENT CITY OF MYRLEIA

Myrleia is most probably founded by Colophons from Ionia back in 7th century BC, on the broad and flat hill known today as Hisarlık at 1 km southeast of Mudanya. Today, we come across certain traces of this ancient city. In addition to active urban life between the city walls on the hill, there are occasional settlements northwards, as well as to remains of harbor on the north. The location of ancient city, unearthed during a construction excavation in 2012, is declared a protected archaeological area.