Troy is a legendary city, the place where the Trojan War took place, as the Epic Cycle, and especially the Iliad, describes it. But, Troy is also a real location, an archeological site.
The location of Homeric Troy is in Turkey.
Turkish Truva is situated in Hisarlık, Anatolia, close to the seacoast. The place is a part of Canakkale province in northwest Turkey, southwest of the Dardanelles.
The archaeological site of Troy was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998. The Trojan horse, used in the movie Troy, released in 2004, is preserved on the seafront at Canakkale, Turkey
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