Helenopolis (Bithynia)
Town in northwest Asia Minor, formerly Drepanon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the town in Bithynia. For the town in Sicily, see Drepana.
40.72339°N 29.50224°E / 40.72339; 29.50224 Helenopolis (Greek: Ἑλενόπολις) or Drepana (Δρέπανα) or Drepanon (Δρέπανον) was an ancient Thracian and later Greco-Roman and Byzantine town in Bithynia, Asia Minor, on the southern side of the Gulf of Astacus. Helenopolis has been identified with the modern village of Hersek, in the district of Altınova, Yalova Province. It is traditionally considered as the birthplace of Saint Helena.