Place New Testament
Attalia
Attalia, a seaport in Pamphylia, was visited by Paul and Barnabas. (Act.14.25) Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 14:25.
Why it matters. Seaport in Pamphylia visited by Paul and Barnabas.
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- Location
- 36.881, 30.695 (approximate, within about 2 km)
Coordinates from STEPBible TIPNR (palopenmaps.org link). Approximate; not independently verified.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Attalia
Attalia, mentioned in Act.14.25, was a seaport city in the region of Pamphylia, on the southern coast of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Paul and Barnabas visited Attalia at the end of Paul's first missionary journey, after preaching the gospel in Perga. From Attalia, they sailed back to Antioch, from where they had originally been sent out. Attalia served as an important harbor in ancient times. The city was founded by and named after Attalus II Philadelphus, a king of Pergamon, in the 2nd century BC.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Acts (1 verse)