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.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient city of Troas in modern-day Turkey
  • Also known as: “Assos (Behramkale)”, “Assos (Troas)”, “Assos Antik Kenti”, “Behram, Ayvacık”, “Mint of Assus”, “Ἡ Ἄσσος”, “Асс”, “베람칼레”, and “亚朔”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Temple of Athena and Murat Hüdavendigar Mosque, Behram.

Ruins
Photo: Carl Campbell, CC BY 2.0.
is a ruins.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Assos and Paşaköy.

Village
Behram is a village in the Ayvacık District of in Turkey.

Village
is a village in the Ayvacık District of in Turkey. is situated 4 km north of Assos.

Assos

Latitude
39.4894° or 39° 29′ 22″ north
Longitude
26.3358° or 26° 20′ 9″ east
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
8GF8F8QP+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 249314418
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7503416
Wiki­data ID
Q744631
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Wolof—“Assos” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἄσσος”
  • Arabic: “أسوس”
  • Armenian: “Ասոս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Assos”
  • Bulgarian: “Асос”
  • Catalan: “Assos”
  • Cebuano: “Assos”
  • Chinese: “貝赫拉姆卡萊”
  • Chinese: “贝赫拉姆卡莱”
  • Chinese: “阿索斯”
  • Danish: “Assos”
  • Dutch: “Assos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اسوس”
  • Esperanto: “Assos”
  • Finnish: “Assos”
  • French: “Assos”
  • Galician: “Aso”
  • German: “Assos”
  • German: “Behramkale”
  • Greek: “Άσσος”
  • Hebrew: “אסוס (עיר)”
  • Italian: “Asso”
  • Japanese: “アッソス”
  • Korean: “아소스”
  • Kurdish: “Asos”
  • Latin: “Assus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Assos”
  • Persian: “اسوس”
  • Polish: “Assos”
  • Portuguese: “Assos”
  • Russian: “Ассос”
  • Serbian: “Асос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Asos”
  • Slovenian: “Asos”
  • Spanish: “Aso”
  • Swahili: “Asso”
  • Swedish: “Assos”
  • Tamil: “அசோசு”
  • Turkish: “Assos”
  • Turkish: “Behramkale”
  • Ukrainian: “Ассос”
  • Vietnamese: “Behram”
  • Wolof: “Asos”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Behramkale and Behram İskelesi.

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