Nisa (Ancient Greek:Νίσα or Νίσσα), alsoNyssa (Νύσσα) orNysa (Νύσα) orNeisa (Νείσα),[1] was a town inancient Lycia near the source of the RiverXanthus.[2][3][4][5][6]
Its site is identified in theDigital Atlas of the Roman Empire as Akörü Yayla, nearSütleğen, about 25 kilometres north ofKaş inAntalya Province,Turkey.[7] TheAnnuario Pontifico gives its location as Küçükahuriyala,[8] also near Sütleğen.
The ruins are plentiful but in a poor state. They include part of the well-built city wall, a theatre, a stadium, a paved agora with stoa and some bases bearing inscriptions. The necropolis to the west includes sarcophagi and constructed tombs.[9]
Apart from its mention byPtolemy[10] and by Hierocles in theSynecdemus (ca. 535 AD), where it is misspelled "Misae" (Μίσαι),[11] and in theNotitiae Episcopatuum, nothing is known of the town's history. The only known coin that it issued is of a type that does not show membership of theLycian League.[9]
AChristianbishopric was established in Nisa, asuffragan of themetropolitan see ofMyra. The only bishop of the see whose name is preserved in extant documents is Georgius, who took part in theSecond Council of Nicaea in 787.[12][13][14]
No longer a residential bishopric, Nisa in Lycia is today listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.[8]
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