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The memory of a harbour: Smyrna
Story in brief
Place, time and memory on one line.
İzmir's long time between the bay, the marketplace, ancient routes and the modern city.
İzmir's story stretches far beyond modern avenues, from the 8,500-year-old Neolithic tools at Yeşilova Höyük to the bustling harbor front. Beneath the arches of the ancient Smyrna Agora, Roman water conduits still flow toward the sea.
Heading along the peninsula brings you to Klazomenai in Urla, home to the Mediterranean's oldest known olive oil pressing installation. Further west lie Teos, the ancient city of Dionysian artists, and the sunset ruins of Erythrai. Exploring this coast is an invitation to drift between archaic stone workshops and living olive groves.
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How are the stops in this story connected?
The memory of a harbour: Smyrna reads Yeşilova Höyüğü, Smyrna, Urla, Teos, Erythrai, Efes together not as one mandatory itinerary, but through a shared region, period, landscape or sourced historical relationship.
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