From the Hellespont Strait to the Fortresses and Ewers of Çanakkale
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Place, time and memory in one narrative.
Linking King Xerxes' 674-ship floating pontoon bridge with Sultan Mehmed II's twin fortresses of Kilitbahir and Kale-i Sultaniye and the glazed pottery craft that named Çanakkale ('Chanak Castle'), the Dardanelles stood as a masterpiece of global defense and craft history.
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Long-form story · Culture and memory · A link to today · deniz-doga
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Periods
- Ionia & Aeolis
- Hellenistic era
- Ottoman era
- The Aegean today