Marmara district, Balıkesir

What does this district dossier connect?

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

History

• From Havran Koca Seyit Village to Marmara Island Marble Quarries and Manyas Bird Sanctuary: 275 kg Victory Shell, Proconnesian Quarries, and 266 Bird Species
• Export of Proconnesian Marble and Sarcophagi to Roman and Byzantine Capitals (500 BCE)

Today

• Marmara Island Proconnesian Ancient Marble Quarries and Saraylar Museum

• From Havran Koca Seyit Village to Marmara Island Marble Quarries and Manyas Bird Sanctuary: 275 kg Victory Shell, Proconnesian Quarries, and 266 Bird Species
• Export of Proconnesian Marble and Sarcophagi to Roman and Byzantine Capitals (500 BCE)

Table

• From Havran Koca Seyit Village to Marmara Island Marble Quarries and Manyas Bird Sanctuary: 275 kg Victory Shell, Proconnesian Quarries, and 266 Bird Species

Culture

• From Havran Koca Seyit Village to Marmara Island Marble Quarries and Manyas Bird Sanctuary: 275 kg Victory Shell, Proconnesian Quarries, and 266 Bird Species
• Export of Proconnesian Marble and Sarcophagi to Roman and Byzantine Capitals (500 BCE)

Province guide

Balıkesir