🏛️ Ancient City of Troy

Turkey · Asia · Cultural · 39.96°N, 26.24°E

Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located in present-day Çanakkale, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War. The modern-day archaeological site, also known as Hisarlık, is open to the public as a tourist destination, and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998.

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Quick facts

Country	Turkey
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	39.96°N, 26.24°E · view on map

Ancient City of Troy is a cultural World Heritage site in Turkey, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Ancient City of Troy was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Göbekli Tepe · Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia · Ephesus · Hierapolis-Pamukkale · Historic Areas of Istanbul · Hattusa · Çatalhöyük · Ancient City of Gordion · Ancient City of Ani · Pergamon and Its Hellenistic-Roman Capital · Cumalikizik Village, Bursa · Aphrodisias · Xanthos and Letoon.

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