🏛️ Smyrna-Teos
Ruins of two ancient Greek and Roman port cities on the Aegean coast
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Izmir Province, western Türkiye, Aegean coast
- Founded: Smyrna circa 1000 BCE (Aeolian settlement); Teos circa 11th century BCE
- Significance: Major Hellenistic and Roman trading ports; both UNESCO-adjacent cultural heritage sites
- Current status: Open-air archaeological sites with partial excavations and visible structural remains
Smyrna and Teos represent two substantial settlements from antiquity that developed along the Ionian coast of what is ...