Küçükkuyu
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 Küçükkuyu from the Zeus altar |
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Çanakkale | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Ayvacık | |||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 33 ' N , 26 ° 36' E | |||
| Height : | 10 m | |||
| Residents : | 10,045 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 286 | |||
| Postal code : | 17 980 | |||
| License plate : | 17th | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 3 malls | |||
| Mayor : | Cengiz Balkans ( CHP ) | |||
| Postal address : | Sahil Mahallesi, Ayhan Özerden Cad. No: 2 17980 Küçükkuyu / Çanakkale |
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Küçükkuyu is a municipality in the Ayvacık district of the Çanakkale province in Turkey . The place is located in the southeast of the district near the border with the Balıkesir Province , on the north side of the Gulf of Edremit and at the foot of the Ida Mountains ( Turkish Kaz Dağı ). The D-230 ( E 87 ) road runs through the village, coming down from the mountains to the coast on the western outskirts of Çanakkale and following the course of the Turkish Aegean coast via Edremit .
Due to its location by the sea, the former fishing village of Küçükkuyu is a popular resort with sandy beaches and numerous hotels. In the north of the village there are wall remains in the mountains, which are locally called Zeus Altar . Even if no archaeological evidence suggests it, Heinrich Schliemann believed this to be the altar of Idean Zeus on the Homeric Gargaros, from where Zeus observed the Trojan War . From the signposted way there, a road branches off to the picturesque mountain village of Adatepe . In the center of Küçükkuyu is the only olive oil museum in Turkey, the Adatepe Zeytinyağı Müzesi.
Web links
- Zeytinyağı Müzesi (Turkish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on June 1, 2019
- ↑ John Freely : A Travel Guide to Homer: On the Trail of Odysseus Through Turkey and the Mediterranean IBTauris, 2014 ISBN 9781780761978 , p. 97