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    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.
    The site is a UNESCO World Heritage site with the official name, Archaeological Site of Troy.
    World Heritage Site
    Elevation: 36 m

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    Troy


    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1998

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    Third Millennium BC


    Bronze Age

    Ancient Greek + Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine

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    Mixed Monuments


     

     

     

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