Tenedos

Local nameBozcaada
LocationÇanakkale, Türkiye

Tenedos, or Bozcaada in Turkish, is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively, the island constitutes the Bozcaada district of Çanakkale Province. With an area of 39.9 km2 it is the third largest Turkish island after Imbros and Marmara. In 2018, the district had a population of 3023. The main industries are tourism, wine production and fishing. The island has been famous for its grapes, wines and red poppies for centuries. It is a former bishopric and presently a Latin Catholic titular see.

Tenedos is mentioned in both the Iliad and the Aeneid, in the latter as the site where the Greeks hid their fleet near the end of the Trojan War in order to trick the Trojans into believing the war was over and into taking the Trojan Horse within their city walls. The island was important throughout classical antiquity despite its small size due to its strategic location at the entrance of the Dardanelles.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenedos

Official Website http://www.bozcaada.gov.tr/

Coordinates 39°49'20.27" N 26°1'56.94" E

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