Troy was located in northwestern Anatolia, in what is now northwestern Turkey, near the Dardanelles strait by the Aegean Sea.

Basic location

  • The ancient city of Troy stood on the northwest coast of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
  • Its archaeological site is known today as Hisarlik, a mound in the Troad region overlooking the plain that once led to the Aegean.

Strategic position

  • Troy lay close to the southern entrance of the Dardanelles (ancient Hellespont), the narrow waterway linking the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea via the Sea of Marmara.
  • This position placed Troy on key land and sea trade routes between Europe and Asia, which helped make it an important and wealthy Bronze Age city.

Troy today

  • The ruins of Troy/Hisarlik are a major archaeological site that can be visited in northwestern Turkey, a short drive from the city of Çanakkale.
  • The site contains multiple settlement layers (Troy I–IX), with later levels often associated with the period remembered in the Trojan War legends.

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