Trabzon facts for kids
Trabzon, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey. It is the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon is well known for its fish production which it meets 20% of the total fish production in Turkey. It was started as a trading colony of ancient Greece and later became capital of the Empire of Trabizond.
Images for kids
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Coin of Trapezous from the 4th century BCE in the British Museum. The coin promotes the colonial Greek city as a 'table of plenty'.
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Suleiman the Magnificent was born in Trebizond on November 6, 1494. He was one of the greatest emperors in history and vastly enlarged the territories of the Ottoman Empire, which became one of the world's leading superpowers in the 16th century, together with its arch-rival in the Mediterranean, the Spanish Empire. Portrait after Titian in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
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Photograph of a football team of Trabzonspor in 1920-1925.
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Trebizond from the sea by Ivan Aivazovsky
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In Spanish: Trebisonda para niños