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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.
The site is a UNESCO World Heritage site with the official name, Archaeological Site of Troy.by CherryX, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commonsby CherryX, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commonsby User Bgabel, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsElevation: 36 m
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World Heritage Site
Date of Inscription
1998
Third Millennium BC
Bronze Age
Ancient Greek + Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine
Mixed Monuments
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