The oldest settlements in Troy, which has a complex and rich archaeological structure with 10 different city layers from different periods, date back to BC. It dates back to 3 years. This unique area, which was inhabited continuously until 500 AD, enabled the inhabitants of the region at that time to control all trade from the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea.
Troy is an important city in understanding the early development of European civilization. It is also of cultural importance due to its contributions to Homer's Iliad and creative art.
Located within the borders of Çanakkale province, on the skirts of Kaz Mountain, Troy was declared a National Park in 1996 and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.
The ancient city of Troy, which is mostly known for its Trojan Horse, is located in the west of Tevfikiye Village in Çanakkale's Merkez district.
It is known that Troy, located on the edge of a bay where Karamenderes (Skamender) and Dümrek streams flow, was very close to the sea in the first years of its establishment and in time it moved away from the sea due to the alluvium carried by the Karamenderes river. The city, which was destroyed as a result of wars and natural disasters for thousands of years and rebuilt many times, gradually lost its importance and was abandoned as a result of moving away from the sea.
Visited by travelers since the 16th century, it was understood that the area became a hill where layers of the city accumulated, due to the use of adobe in the buildings as a result of excavations.
The most magnificent of the megaron structures, which are the forerunners of the ancient temples, date back to BC. It has been seen in Troy since 3 thousand years. In addition, the periods when iron was not yet known, BC. Since the 2s, masonry with the cut stone technique has been encountered in Troy.
Troy Museum
The new museum building, designed with the understanding of modern museology, was named “Troy Museum” and opened to visitors on 10.10.2018.
The Troy Museum is located at the entrance of the Ancient City of Troy, which was included in the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO in 1998, within the boundaries of Tevfikiye Village in the Merkez district of Çanakkale province.
The museum consists of 90 thousand 12 square meters of closed area, museum display, storage, administrative units, social facilities and 765 thousand 37 square meters of open display, landscape and visit areas within a parcel of approximately 250 thousand square meters. In the Troy Museum, which was opened to visitors on 10.10.2018, the life of Troy and its cultures, which left their mark in the Troas Region, which went down in history with Homer's Iliad, is explained through the artifacts found in archaeological excavations.
While visiting the museum, visitors follow a story divided into seven topics:
Troas Region Archeology, Troy's Bronze Age, Iliad Epic and Trojan War, Troas and Ilion in Antiquity, Eastern Roman and Ottoman Period, Archeology History and Traces of Troy.
The visitor can reach each display floor by climbing the ramp. Archeology, archaeological and archaeometric dating methods, terms are explained with diagrams, drawings, texts and interactive methods in order to provide an orientation to the visitor before the ongoing exhibition floors in the circulation band, which is the entrance area of the museum and covers Troas and its surroundings.
Trojan horse
On the western Anatolian coast, in today's Izmir (ancient Smyrna) BC. The epic Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, who lived in the 8th century, are based on an oral tradition that goes back to the 2nd millennium.
The myth of the “Trojan War” and the sorrows of those who participated in this war have survived to the present day with the verses of the Iliad and Odyssey.
Homer's Iliad begins in the 9th year of the war, when Achilles feels deep anger against the Commander-in-Chief of the Achaean armies, Agamemnon, and therefore leaves the war and retreats to his barracks. Achilles' return to war because of the death of his closest friend Patroclus, and the Trojan king Priam's fight with Hector, his son, killing him, dragging his body around the Trojan walls tied to his car, and finally coming to mercy and giving Hector's body back to his father, King Priam. ends with The Trojan Horse, which is the subject of the legend of Paris and Helen, was the most clever war trick in history planned by Odysseus, the commander of the Achaeans, to capture the city of Troy.
It was designed by Turkish Artist İzzet Senemoğlu in 12,5, using pine trees brought from the 1975-meter-high horse Kaz Mountains at the entrance of the city, as the symbol of the ancient city of Troia.
You can see the horse used in the 2004 movie Troy, inspired by the Trojan War, in the city center of Çanakkale.
Together with the wooden horse you will encounter when you visit Troy, both of them are definitely included in the souvenir photos of the visitors.
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