Apollonia Salbaces or Apollonia Salbakes () was a town in

ancient Caria Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; ) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid- Ionia ( Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Carians were described by Herodotus as being Anatolian mainlanders ...

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. It became the seat of a bishop, and under the name Apollonia Salbace it remains a

titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbi ...

of the

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. The site of Apollonia Salbaces is near the modern village

Medet Medet is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tavas, Denizli Province Denizli Province () () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in Western Anatolia, on high ground above the Aegean coast. Neighbouring provin ...

in the Tavas district of Denizli province in Turkey.

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