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Troy
Troy
Troy was an ancient city located in Çanakkale Province in modern Turkey. The present-day location is known as Hisarlik. The site includes multiple layers of ruins, the oldest of which is dating back to the Bronze Age in the 3rd millennium BC. A new city called Ilium was founded on the site in the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus. It flourished until the establishment of Constantinople. Troy was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998.
Site Information
Country: Turkey
District: Çanakkale Province
Site History: Third Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Bronze Age
Later Cultures: Ancient Greek + Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
World Heritage Site
Official Name: Archaeological Site of Troy
Date of Inscription: 1998
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