Troy, Turkey - UNESCO World Heritage Site

 Place: Troy, Turkey

Weather: Mostly sunny skies with gusty winds, 54/66F.

Route: From Pergamon 203 km NNW on D550 and E87.

Significance: The site of famous Troy of Homer's Iliad was abandoned in the late Byzantine era (500 CE), and was thought to be only a legend until archaeologist Heinrich Schlieman found it in 1870. He and archaeologists after him found 4000 years of history at this site from the Bronze age to the Romans.

Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site

Images:

A gate that was built 1,000 years before the Spartans and Mycenaeans laid siege to Troy if The Iliad was true (from whc.unesco.org)

The Roman era Odeon (from whc.unesco.org)