Assos

Behramkale or Behram is an attractive little village in the Region of Turkey, with a population of 652 in 2021. The main village sits at the foot of the ancient city of Assos, the big draw, so this is the name used in tourist literature.
  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (130 feet)
  • Description: ancient city of Troas in modern-day Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Assos (Behramkale)”
    “Assus”
    “Behram”
    “Behramkale”
    “Mint of Assus”

Places of Interest

Discover Temple of Athena and Murat Hüdavendigar Mosque, Behram.

Villages in the Area

Discover Assos and Paşaköy.
Behram is a village in the Ayvacık District of in Turkey.
is a village in the Ayvacık District of in Turkey.
4 km north of Assos
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Latitude
39.4894° or 39° 29′ 22″ north
Longitude
26.3358° or 26° 20′ 9″ east
Open location code
8GF8F8QP+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
historic = archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism = attraction
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Wolof—“Assos” goes by many names.
ἌσσοςAncient Greek (to 1453)
أسوسArabic
ԱսոսArmenian
AssosAzerbaijani
АсосBulgarian
AssosCatalan
AssusCatalan
AssosCebuano
亚朔Chinese
貝赫拉姆卡萊Chinese
贝赫拉姆卡莱Chinese
阿索斯Chinese
AssosDanish
AssosDutch
اسوسEgyptian Arabic
AssosEsperanto
AssosFinnish
AsoGalician
BehramGalician
BehramkaleGalician
ΆσσοςGreek
אסוס (עיר)Hebrew
AssoItalian
アッソスJapanese
베람칼레Korean
아소스Korean
AsosKurdish
AssusLatin
AssosNorwegian Bokmål
اسوسPersian
AssosPolish
АссRussian
АссосRussian
АсосSerbian
AsosSerbo-Croatian
AsosSlovenian
AssoSwahili
AssosSwedish
அசோசுTamil
AssosTurkish
Assos Antik KentiTurkish
BehramTurkish
Behram, AyvacıkTurkish
BehramkaleTurkish
АссосUkrainian
BehramVietnamese
AsosWolof

Localities in the Area

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