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23-May-2014 Dick Osseman

Troy May 2014 7729.jpg

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Citadel Wall: View of the outside of the Troia II/III Citadel Wall, ca. 2500-2200 BC. Schliemann’s “Burnt City”. This reconstruction built with hand-made and fired mudbrick preserves the original mudbrick material, which is concealed inside this wall to its full height (appro. 4 m). In the reconstruction the colour, given to the original wall as a result of a fire, is reproduced. Directly behind it, inside the Citadel, is a mudbrick Megaron (building with a porch) with a stone foundation that was excavated in 1998/99. Its walls, aligned with the Citadel Wall, still stood to 1,5 m. In 2003 a roof was placed over the whole to protect it.

The little notice on the floor indicates "Original foundation stones belonging to the fortification wall and towers of Troia II, III (c. 2500 BC)."

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