Bolu (Greek Bithynion, Latin Bithynium or Claudiopolis) is a town in Turkey, and administrative center of the Bolu Province. The town is located at , at the highway from Istanbul to Ankara, which presently has to climb Bolu Mountain, until 2006 when the Bolu Tunnel is planned to be opened. The town has 84,565 inhabitants (census 2000). Abant Izzet Baysal University is located in Bolu.

History

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• 2000 b.c.: Becomes part of the Hittite kingdoms.
• 500 BC: Becomes one of the leading city of the Kingdom of Bithynia.

Strabo (XII, 4, 7) mentions a hellenistic town, Bithynium (Claudiopolis), celebrated for its pastures and cheese. According to Pausanias (VIII, 9) it was founded by Arcadians from Mantinea. As is shown by its coins, it was commonly called Claudiopolis after Emperor Claudius. It was the birthplace of Antinous, the posthumoyusly deified favourite of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, who was very generous to the city; afterwards his name was added to that of Claudius on the coins of the city. Emperor Theodosius II (408-50) made it the capital of a new province, formed at the expense of Bithynia and Paphlagonia, and called by him Honorias in honour of the Emperor Honorius.

• Since the 1325 conquered by the Ottomans, it becomes part of the emerging empire under the present Turkish name (sometimes called Bolou or Boli) and the chief town of a sanjak in the vilayet (province) of Castamouni, with 10,000 inhabitants (700 Greeks, 400 Armenians, few Catholics).

Catholic bishopric

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As Claudiopolis it remains a titular see of Bithynia, in Asia Minor. It was the religious metropolis of the province (so in all "Notitiae episcopatuum"). Lequien (I, 567) mentions twenty titulars of the see to the thirteenth century; the first is St. Autonomus, said to have suffered martyrdom under Diocletian; we may add Ignatius, a friend and correspondent of Photius. The town is on the Filias Sou (River Billaeus).

Culture

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There are no important ruins, but many ancient fragments of friezes, cornices, funeral cippi and stelae.

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Bolu sustu bizi dinledi..
karabukspor (Kardemir Karabükspor) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:47:05 -0000
Bolu sustu bizi dinledi..
@bluesandroll nie rozumiesz mojego bólu - bo ból hazardzisty trzeba poczuć żeby zrozumieć ;P
lady_in_redd (lady_in_redd) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:27:40 -0000
@bluesandroll nie rozumiesz mojego bólu - bo ból hazardzisty trzeba poczuć żeby zrozumieć ;P
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sombreronews (sombreronews) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:21:16 -0000
Bolu 7520 http://thesailingscoop.com/index.php?search=Bolu
¡Qué Bolú! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alv4_YRx-mc
paprik (Patricia Rodríguez) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:39:00 -0000
¡Qué Bolú! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alv4_YRx-mc
Nie ma to jak złamać nogę na scenie w 5 sekundzie i SpiewaC dalej, kuleć i jęczeć z bólu, ale śpiewać dalej xD -.- Pozdro za odwage...
Kasiula27 (Kate) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:32:32 -0000
Nie ma to jak złamać nogę na scenie w 5 sekundzie i SpiewaC dalej, kuleć i jęczeć z bólu, ale śpiewać dalej xD -.- Pozdro za odwage...
bgs jgn tdr aja ntar ngembang kaya bolu kukus RT @marsellina: @oggie_pemalas zzzzz..tidur aja enggak.. -_-
oggie_pemalas (oggie pemalas) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:11:15 -0000
bgs jgn tdr aja ntar ngembang kaya bolu kukus RT @marsellina: @oggie_pemalas zzzzz..tidur aja enggak.. -_-

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