İznik is a town and an administrative district in the Province of Bursa, Turkey. It was historically known as Nicaea (Greek: Νίκαια), from which its modern name also derives. The town lies in a fertile basin at the eastern end of Lake İznik, bounded by ranges of hills to the north and south. As the crow flies, the town is only 90 kilometres (56 miles) southeast of Istanbul but by road it is 200 km (124 miles) around the Gulf of Izmit. It is 80 km (50 miles) by road from Bursa.
The town is situated with its west wall rising from the lake itself, providing both protection from siege from that direction, as well as a source of supplies which would be difficult to cut off. The lake is large enough that it cannot be blockaded from the land easily, and the city was large enough to make any attempt to reach the harbour from shore-based siege weapons very difficult.
The city was surrounded on all sides by 5 km (3 mi) of walls about 10 m (33 ft) high. These were in turn surrounded by a double ditch on the land portions, and also included over 100 towers in various locations. Large gates on the three landbound sides of the walls provided the only entrance to the city.
Geudaeleul saranghae my love modeun geol julgeyo oh my love
Jeo haneul-ui byeolboda geudaeleul balghyeojulgeyo
Kkeutnaejwoyo geudaeneun modeun ge wanbyeoghae
Geu eotteon nugudo bigyohal su eobsneun han song-i jangmi
Kkochboda aleumdaun geudaeneun laillag hyang-giboda hyang-i joh-ayo
Nae yeop-eul jinal ttaen meoli heutnallil ttaen naemsaega joh-a
Cheoncheonhi naege dagawa jullaeyo nae ma-eum-i nog-anaelyeoyo
Geudaeleul saranghae my love modeun geol julgeyo oh my love
Jeo haneul-ui byeolboda geudaeleul balghyeojulgeyo
Han song-i kkochboda geudaeneun yeppeoyo nun-i busyeoyo
Saranghago iss-eoyo kkochboda geunyeo
Yeogilbwayo daleun gos-eun boji mal-ayo
Geudaeui du nun-e namalgo daleun geon damji mal-ayo
Jogeumman ppalli dagawa jullaeyo nae ma-eum-i tadeul-eogayo
Geudaeleul saranghae my love modeun geol julgeyo oh my love
Jeo haneul-ui byeolboda geudaeleul balghyeojulgeyo
Han song-i kkochboda geudaeneun yeppeoyo nun-i busyeoyo
Saranghago iss-eoyo kkochboda geunyeo
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Jeo haneul-ui byeolboda geudaeleul balghyeo julgeyo
Geudaeman balaboneun nan haebaragi
Neon saeppalgan jangmi geudaen nae salm-ui jeonbu