Troy: A source of turkish pride
ÇANAKKALE
A gift from the film set of “Troy,” a giant Trojan Horse replica looms over the port of Çanakkale on the Dardanelles Strait in western Türkiye.
First related by Homer, then retold for the silver screen in 2004, with Brad Pitt as Achilles, the legend of the ancient city travels to Rome’s Colosseum this week, where a major new exhibition opens on June 12.
Keen to showcase the city’s Anatolian roots, Türkiye has loaned out more than 220 artifacts that will be on show at the exhibition, “Troy and Rome,” which runs until mid-October.
