The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Troy

Turkey


View Larger MapDescription of institution: In northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey (known in Classical sources as Asia Minor), southwest end of the Dardanelles/Hellespont and northwest of Mount Ida at Hisaronu, it is best known for being the setting of the Trojan War described in the Iliad. URL:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy People associated with this location: Anna of Tyrol (1585-1618) - Title (royalty or holy order)