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Assos Assos was a famous educational centre of the classical world. Aristotle taught here and it was from Assos that King Philip summoned him to Macedonia to teach his precocious young son Alexander. |
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The modern town of Behramkale sits on most of the classical city, but the Acropolis with its ancient temple to Athena offers a wonderful view of the Aegean and the Island of Lesbos ON TOURS: ANATOLIAN ADVENTURE |
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| One of two straits that separate Europe from Anatolia, the Dardanelles connect the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. The straits of the Dardanelles are thirty miles long and clearly rank as one of the most strategically important waterways in the world. The ancient city of Troy controlled access to the Dardanelles on the Aegean. The Battle for Gallipoli during the fist world war was essentially an attempt by Britain and the allies to gain control of the straits and access to Constantinople on the Bosphorous to the north. | |||||
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The citadel of this ancient city which controlled access to the Dardanelles, offers the traveller, in a very compact space and time an opportunity to confront over five millennia of history. From Troy, you can see the end of the Aegean, the start of the straits and the battlefields of Gallipoli, on the European side. The city of myth retains its power to enchant Tour highlights: Troy I, Troy II, Troy VI, Troy VIII - IX, Trojan Horse, Temple to Athena ON TOURS: ANATOLIAN ADVENTURE, ISTANBUL, CITY OF THE WORLD’S DESIRE |
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This modern town situated on the narrowest portion of the straits, just north of the Aegean entrance, has had enormous strategic importance. The Persian armies crossed here to attack Greece, as did the Ottomans over two thousand years later. Alexander crossed the other way on his way to conquer the known world. In the myth, Leander swam from the Asian shore to Europe to tryst with his love, Hero, and it is here that Lord Byron swam the Hellespont ---the old name of the Dardanelles--- in the early nineteenth century.
Some Area Highlights: Hellespont Dardenelles, Gallipoli, Ferry to Eceabat, Troy, Ferry to Kilitbahir, Trojan Horse, Mehmet the Conqueror, Leander, Hero, Alexander the Great, Persian Invasion
