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Antandrus
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Antandrus

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
39.576, 26.791
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Troas in modern-day Turkey

History

Antandrus or Antandros was an ancient Greek city on the north side of the Gulf of Adramyttium in the Troad region of Anatolia. Its surrounding territory was known in Greek as Ἀντανδρία (Antandria), and included the towns of Aspaneus on the coast and Astyra to the east. It has been located on Devren hill between the modern village of Avcılar and the town of Altınoluk in the Edremit district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey.

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