Xerxes' Bridge

Lendering, J.; Ludwinski

vici.org:: archaeological atlas

Location

Türkiye, Eceabat
geo:40.200764,26.39152

Period or year

-480 / unknown

Classification

bridge
Not visible

Identifiers

livius:articles/place/hellespont-dardanelles

Xerxes' Bridge

data access 18923

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes%27_pontoon_bridges

The Persian king built a bridge across the Hellespont between Abydus and Sestus.

Nearby sites

Sestos, Tower of Hero
The Lighthouse
Türkiye, Eceabat
Abydos in Troas
Ancient port.
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Abydos (Nara Burnu)
Multi period City. Colonized by the Miletians c.670 bce.
Türkiye, Abydos
Abydos - Tayyaretepe
Late Chalcolithic and EBA settlement.
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Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Jona Lendering (2014-07-23) , last updated by Ludwinski (2023-08-13), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/18923
Data downloads: KML, RDF
Suggested citation: Lendering, J. and Ludwinski (2023) Xerxes' Bridge. Vici.org: archaeological atlas of antiquity. https://vici.org/vici/18923, accessed 2026-11-14.