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Bozcaada

Tenedos, or Bozcaada in Turkish, is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea.

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Tenedos (Greek: Τένεδος; pronounced [ˈteneðos]; Latin: Tenedus), 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 (15 sq mi), it is the third-largest Turkish island after Imbros (Gökçeada) and Marmara. In 2022, the district had a population of 3,120 inhabitants. 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. Despite its small size, the island was important throughout classical antiquity due to its strategic location at the entrance of the Dardanelles. In the following centuries, the island came under the control of a succession of regional powers, including the Persian Empire, the Delian League, the empire of Alexander the Great, the Attalid kingdom, the Roman Empire and its successor, the Byzantine Empire, before passing to the Republic of Venice.

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Nearby places

The closest 8 places around Bozcaada; sorted without regard to province borders.

Kolonai

Ancient City · Ezine / Çanakkale17.1 km

Gentinos

Ancient City · Ezine / Çanakkale20.7 km

Neandreia

Ancient City · Ezine / Çanakkale21.7 km

Thymbra

Monument · Ezine / Çanakkale21.9 km

Distances are as the crow flies; driving distance may be longer.

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