Elaeus
Elaeus, the “Olive City”, was an ancient Greek city located in Thrace, on the Thracian Chersonese. Elaeus was located at the southern end of the Hellespont near the southernmost point of the Thracian Chersonese in modern-day Turkey.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Abandoned locality
- Description: ancient city of Thrace in modern-day Turkey
- Also known as: “Elaious”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Çanakkale Martyrs’ Memorial and French cemetery of Seddul Bahr.
Çanakkale Martyrs’ Memorial
Park
Photo: Onderkokturk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial is a war memorial commemorating the service of about 253,000 Turkish soldiers who participated at the Battle of Gallipoli, which took place from April 1915 to December 1915 during the First World War.
Skew Bridge Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Jll, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skew Bridge Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery containing the remains of Allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli, including the youngest British soldier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sedd el Bahr and Alçıtepe.
Sedd el Bahr
Village
Photo: Jll, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sedd el Bahr is a village in the Eceabat District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey. It is located at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. The village lies east of the cape, on the shore of the Dardanelles. Sedd el Bahr is situated 3 km west of Elaeus.
Alçıtepe
Village
Photo: Hüseyin Öcal, CC BY 3.0.
Alçıtepe, also known by its former name, Krithia, is a small village in Turkey on a commanding high plateau, about 4 miles from Cape Helles, the tip of the Thracian Chersonesos, now Gallipoli Peninsula. Alçıtepe is situated 4½ km north of Elaeus.
Kumkale
Village
Kumkale is a village in Çanakkale Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,016. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Kumkale is situated 8 km south of Elaeus.
Elaeus
- Categories: archaeological site, polis, and former settlement
- Location: Eceabat, Çanakkale Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Elaeus” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Elaeos”
- Catalan: “Elaeus”
- Catalan: “Elaios”
- Catalan: “Eleous”
- Catalan: “Eleünt”
- Chinese: “伊莱厄斯”
- Dutch: “Elaeus”
- Finnish: “Elaius (Traakia)”
- Finnish: “Elaius”
- French: “Eleonte”
- French: “Éléonte”
- German: “Elaious”
- Greek: “Ἐλαιοῦς”
- Italian: “Eleunte”
- Japanese: “エライウス”
- Russian: “Элеунт”
- Spanish: “Elaeus”
- Spanish: “Elaious”
- Spanish: “Elayunte”
- Spanish: “Eleo”
- Spanish: “Eleunte”
- Turkish: “Elaeus”
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