Assos - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Assos - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Assos (; , ) was an ancient Greek city near today's Behramkale () or Behram for short, which most people still call by its ancient name of Assos. It is located on the Aegean coast in the Ayvacık district of Çanakkale province, Turkey. It is on the southern side of Biga Peninsula (better known by its ancient name of the Troad). Assos sits on the coast of the Adramyttian Gulf (Turkish: Edremit KörfeziEleventh edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, p. 790.) and used to offer the only good harbour along the of coast which made it very important for shipping in the Troad. Read more on Wikipedia
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