Dardanos (antik kent)
Ancient siteÇanakkale merkez, Çanakkale
40.0758°N · 26.3628°E
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Dardanos (antik kent) is a ancient site in Çanakkale merkez; Dardanus was a city in ancient Troas, sometimes also referred to as Dardania, a name used for the surrounding region.
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Dardanus was a city in ancient Troas, sometimes also referred to as Dardania, a name used for the surrounding region. Pliny the Elder called the city Dardanium, and it is mentioned in various ancient sources.
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- Architectural remains from antiquity
- The layered history of Anatolian civilizations
Did you know
- The 1959 rescue excavation by Rüstem Duyuran on the wooded hill of the tumulus counts as one of the most important discoveries in Çanakkale's history after Troy: an artificial mound containing a royal family tomb.
- A planned water reservoir on that hill was cancelled.
- One coin refers to Zenis Dardaneus, satrap of Aeolis in 399.
- In the fifth century BC the city belonged to the Attic naval league and is recorded as paying one talent in tribute.
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