Adramytteion Ancient City - Balıkesir

Adramytteion Ancient City - Balıkesir


Adrmytteion is one of the most important ancient cities in the region where the ancient city was informed about the demolition caused by housing construction in the 1950s and 1960s. The city of Adramytteion was the focal point in the area where ancient historians, especially Strabo, and later Heredotus and Stephanos Byzantinos, were mentioned in their works. It is emphasized by ancient historians that the old city, which was founded in today's Ören region, is an important port city. There are various ancient information and arguments about the founding history of the city. During the Lydian period of Adramytteion, BC. The thesis was founded by the son of Lydia king Alyates in the 6th century AD, Adramys, as well as the thesis that the city was founded by Luwi, one of the Anatolian peoples who lived in the region about a thousand years before the Lydian period, and that the name was “Adra-Mudra tez. Archaeological excavations in the city of Adramytteion, which has been in existence for a very long period of time, starting from the Chalcolithic period, during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods, were carried out by Asst. Assoc. Dr. Hüseyin Murat Özgen. The excavations carried out since 2012 are concentrated at three different points: Bergaz Tepe, Ören Square and Antik Liman. As a result of the soundings carried out on the Bergaz hill, it was understood that there was a stratification on the hill that includes cultural layers extending from the Byzantine period to the prehistoric period. Archaeological Park of Oren Archeology Park, which is planned to be built under the sponsorship of Burhaniye Municipality in order to exhibit the architectural pieces belonging to Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods in the excavations, will bring vitality to the cultural tourism of the region.