Daphne Mainomene, also called Nymphaeum or Nymphaion ( grc, Νύμφαιον or Νυμφαῖον), was a coastal town of

ancient Bithynia Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...

located on the

Bosphorus The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern Tu ...

. Its site is tentatively located near Umur yeri in Asiatic Turkey.

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Populated places in Bithynia Former populated places in Turkey History of Istanbul Province {{Istanbul-geo-stub