Gallipoli
The Gallipoli peninsula is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles strait to the east.
Gallipoli is the Italian form of the Greek name Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis), meaning 'beautiful city', the original name of the modern town of Gelibolu. In antiquity, the peninsula was known as the Thracian Chersonese (Ancient Greek: Θρακικὴ Χερσόνησος, Thrakiké Chersónesos; Latin: Chersonesus Thracica).
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Assos
When it was active, Assos became rich thanks to the passing ships because it had the only big port in its region. The sarcophagi made of andesite stone in Assos became world famous for the rapid decomposition of the corpses placed inside; It was exported to Lebanon, Syria, Greece and Rome in ancient times.
