Archaeological Site of Troy, Troy

Name: Archaeological Site of Troy
Address: Troy, Turkey

#3 among attractions in Troy

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Troy or Ilium was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, 30 kilometres south-west of Çanakkale. It is known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War. ()

Local name: Troya Built: 3000 B.C.E.Abandoned: 500Unesco: from 1998Area: 0.61 mi²Coordinates: 39°57'27"N, 26°14'17"E

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Archaeological Site of Troy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Troy Museum, Hisarlik, Sigeion, Late Bronze Age Troy.

0.6 miE
Museum, Archaeological museum
Troy Museum, Kumkale
16 min walk • The Troy Museum is an archaeological museum located close to the archaeological site of the ancient city of Troy, in northwestern Turkey. Opened in 2018, it exhibits in seven sections of a contemporary architectural building the historical artefacts from Troy and some other ancient cities around and on nearby islands.
~290 ftSE
Archaeological site, Ancient Greek architecture
Hisarlik, Troy
2 min walk • Hisarlik, often spelled Hissarlik, is the Turkish name for an ancient city located in what is known historically as Anatolia. It is part of Çanakkale, Turkey.
3.7 miNW
City, Archaeological site
Sigeion
95 min walk • Sigeion was an ancient Greek city in the north-west of the Troad region of Anatolia located at the mouth of the Scamander. Sigeion commanded a ridge between the Aegean Sea and the Scamander which is now known as Yenişehir and is a part of the Çanakkale district in Çanakkale province, Turkey.
0.6 miS
Park
Late Bronze Age Troy, Troy
17 min walk • Troy in the Late Bronze Age was a thriving coastal city consisting of a steep fortified citadel and a sprawling lower town below it. It had a considerable population and extensive foreign contacts, including with Mycenaean Greece.
6.5 miNE
Village, Archaeological site
Marpessos
165 min walk • Marpessos was a settlement in the middle Skamander valley of the Troad region of Anatolia. The settlement's name is also spelled Μαρμησσός, Μαρμισσός, Μερμησσός in ancient sources.
2.1 miW
Archaeological site
Kumtepe, Troy
54 min walk • Kumtepe is the oldest permanent settlement in the Troas, the region in northwestern Anatolia, where later Troy was built. Kumtepe has four layers, Kumtepe IA, IB, IC and II. The last two have been largely disturbed in the twentieth century.