Troy.

Troy - the legendary city, where the Trojan War, described in the ancient Greek epic poem «Iliad», ascribed to Homer. Today, Troy - the name of archaeological sites, located at the coast of Asia Minor or Anatolia. Today this territory is the province of Çanakkale, which lies on the north-west Turkey. Here, south-west of the Dardanelles Strait by Mount Ida is a symbolic wooden Trojan horse, built in our days.
This place was discovered by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870-ies. Over a hundred years of research archaeologists discovered that the city of Troy was rebuilt, at least nine times. The first settlement, named Troy I, belongs to about 3000 BC, it lasted 5 centuries and was destroyed by fire. Found Shlimanom treasure of King Priam refer to the second level, but more recent studies have found that this civilization existed for 1000 years earlier than Homeric Troy. It is not clear what caused the destruction of the next three civilizations, but the findings indicate that Troy VI was the result of migration from Mycenae. Traditionally, it is believed that the year 1184 is the year of the fall classic Troy. This has allowed archaeologists to determine that the Troy of Homer likely existed during the time of Troy VII-A, which was also destroyed by fire about 1200 BC Subsequently, the place was abandoned for 400 years, then re-inhabited and captured. By the 1 century AD the city was rebuilt, presumably by order of Julius Caesar, and called Ilium Novum. On the prestige of the city in Roman times can be measured by its famous guests: August Caesar, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, and Caracalla.
Archaeologists estimate that Troy was 10 times greater than 165 sq.m. it ruins preserved to our days. Today in the vicinity of this area is of archaeological Truva Turkish city. Each year, Troy attends a huge number of tourists. Visitors to see this area becoming a source of profit, which rises a large wooden horse built as a playground for children, shops and a museum. Since there is often made excavations, the archeological area is a solid part of the identified segments of the confusion the city where the homeless can be seen the marble columns, and also in the process of reconstruction of the temple Afena, sacrificial altar, the Roman theater and the building of the Senate.