Γάργαρα | |
Location | Ayvacık, Çanakkale Province, Turkey |
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Region | Troad |
Coordinates | 39°35′10″N 26°32′3″E / 39.58611°N 26.53417°E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Founded | 6th century BCE |
Abandoned | No sooner than the 9th century CE, possibly as late as the 14th |
Periods | Archaic Greece to Byzantine Empire |
Gargara (Ancient Greek: Γάργαρα) was an ancient Greek city on the southern coast of the Troad region of Anatolia. It was initially located beneath Mount Gargaron, one of the three peaks of Mount Ida, today known as Koca Kaya (39°35′10″N 26°32′03″E / 39.58611°N 26.53417°E).[1] At some point in the 4th century BCE the settlement moved approximately 5.8 km south of Koca Kaya to a site on the small coastal plain near the modern villages of Arıklı and Nusratlı (39°32′22″N 26°32′46″E / 39.53944°N 26.54611°E), at which point the previous site came to be known as Old Gargara (Ancient Greek: Παλαιγάργαρος).[2] Both sites are located in the Ayvacık district of Çanakkale Province in Turkey.