Assos Ruins

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Assos Ruins Description

The ruins of Assos stand on the northern shore of the Gulf of Edremit facing the Greek island of Lesbos (Turkish Midilli). Built on the terraced slopes and summit of a not easily accessible trachyte escarpment between the sea and the Tuzla Dere, this ancient Greek city was once considered the most beautifully situated of any in Europe or Asia. In its heydey it covered an area of 2.5sq.km/1 sq.mile, part of which is occupied today by the village of Behramkale.

In the second millennium B.C. Assos was the Lelegian capital, later becoming an Aeolian colony. Between 560 and 549 B.C. it belonged to the Lydians and in the fifth century to the Persians. Aristotle lived in the city from 348 to 345. It was also the birthplace of the Stoic

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Hobbies & Activities category: Archeological site or ruin