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🏛️ Elaia-Adramyttion

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🏛️ Elaia-Adramyttion
Greco-Roman port city ruins in northwestern Turkey


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 16:05
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Çanakkale Province, northwestern Turkey, near the Aegean coast
  • Served as a major port under the Attalid Kingdom (3rd–2nd century BCE) and later Roman rule
  • Excavations have revealed Hellenistic and Roman structures, pottery, and inscriptions
  • Site remains largely unexcavated; current status involves periodic archaeological survey and limited conservation

Elaia-Adramyttion was a significant Greco-Roman port settlement in northwestern Anatolia, functioning as a crucial maritime hub during the ...

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