Biga district, Çanakkale

What does this district dossier connect?

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

History

• Alexander the Great's Victory at the Granicus River (334 BCE)
• From Granicus Battlefield to Lampsakos Philosophy and Agonya Forests: Alexander's Victory, Anaxagoras' Exile, and Mount Ida Timber Houses
• From Parion Odeon to Priapos Wine Harbor and Kemer Aqueducts: Colony City, Vineyard Port, and Roman Aqueducts
• Construction of the Roman Parion Odeon and 15-km Aqueduct (150 CE)

Today

• Biga Granicus River Historic Battlefield and Victory Plain
• Ancient City of Parion and Roman Odeon
• Parion Kemer Ancient Aqueducts
• Priapos (Karabiga) Coastal Fortress and Wine Dock

• From Granicus Battlefield to Lampsakos Philosophy and Agonya Forests: Alexander's Victory, Anaxagoras' Exile, and Mount Ida Timber Houses
• From Parion Odeon to Priapos Wine Harbor and Kemer Aqueducts: Colony City, Vineyard Port, and Roman Aqueducts

Table

• From Parion Odeon to Priapos Wine Harbor and Kemer Aqueducts: Colony City, Vineyard Port, and Roman Aqueducts
• Construction of the Roman Parion Odeon and 15-km Aqueduct (150 CE)

Culture

• From Granicus Battlefield to Lampsakos Philosophy and Agonya Forests: Alexander's Victory, Anaxagoras' Exile, and Mount Ida Timber Houses

Province guide

Çanakkale