Merkez district, Çanakkale

What does this district dossier connect?

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

History

• From the Hellespont Strait to the Fortresses and Ewers of Çanakkale: Sestos, Kilitbahir, and Pottery Craft
• Persian King Xerxes' Dardanelles (Hellespont) Pontoon Bridge Crossing (480 BCE)

Today

• Kale-i Sultaniye (Sultaniye Castle), Ancient Abydos, and Çanakkale Ceramics
• Troy: layers at Hisarlık

• From the Hellespont Strait to the Fortresses and Ewers of Çanakkale: Sestos, Kilitbahir, and Pottery Craft

Table

New research nodes for table and production are being prepared.

Culture

• From the Hellespont Strait to the Fortresses and Ewers of Çanakkale: Sestos, Kilitbahir, and Pottery Craft
• Persian King Xerxes' Dardanelles (Hellespont) Pontoon Bridge Crossing (480 BCE)

Province guide

Çanakkale