Gömeç district, Balıkesir

What does this district dossier connect?

Gömeç brings together place records, related historical events and living-culture themes within Balıkesir and Northern Aegean. Records are connected with Bronze Age, Ionia & Aeolis, Ottoman era, The Aegean today, Hellenistic era, Roman era. Current research layers include table and production, deniz-doga, culture and memory, links to the present.

History

• Naval Battle of Arginusae at Kalem and Garip Islands (406 BCE)
• From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island

Today

• Gömeç Kızçiftlik (Trikopis) and Coastal Olive Plain

• From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island

Table

• Naval Battle of Arginusae at Kalem and Garip Islands (406 BCE)
• From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island

Culture

• From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island

Province guide

Balıkesir