Gytheion
Gytheio or Gythio, also the ancient Gythium or Gytheion, is a town on the eastern shore of the Mani Peninsula in the Peloponnese of southern Greece, in the historical and administrative region of Laconia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,280 residents
- Description: town in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Gytheio”, “Gýtheion”, “Gýthelon”, “Gythio”, “Yíthio”, and “Yíthion”
- Postal code: 23200
Places of Interest
Highlights include Town Hall and Roman theatre of Gytheion.
Roman theatre of Gytheion
Archaeological site
Photo: Tsdinos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roman theatre of Gytheion is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mavrovouni and Ageranos.
Mavrovouni
Village
Mavrovouni is a village in the Mani Peninsula, Greece, south of Gytheio town. Mavrovouni is situated 2½ km south of Gytheion.
Ageranos
Hamlet
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ageranos is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km southwest of Gytheion.
Gytheion
- Category: locality
- Location: East Mani, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.76158° or 36° 45′ 42″ northLongitude
22.56595° or 22° 33′ 57″ eastPopulation
4,280Elevation
168 metres (551 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR GYTOpen location code
8G84QH68+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 3799523285OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Gytheion” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غيثيو”
- Armenian: “Յիտիոն”
- Asturian: “Gytheio”
- Bulgarian: “Гитио”
- Catalan: “Gitèon”
- Catalan: “Giteu”
- Catalan: “Gitíon”
- Catalan: “Gythion”
- Cebuano: “Gýtheio”
- Chinese: “伊西翁”
- Czech: “Gytheio”
- Dutch: “Githion”
- Dutch: “Gytheion”
- Dutch: “Gythio”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جيثيو”
- Finnish: “Githeio”
- Finnish: “Gítheio”
- Finnish: “Githio”
- Finnish: “Gíthio”
- Finnish: “Gýtheio”
- Finnish: “Gytheion”
- Finnish: “Gytheum”
- Finnish: “Gythio”
- Finnish: “Gythion”
- Finnish: “Jithio”
- Finnish: “Yithion”
- French: “Gytheion”
- French: “Gythéion”
- French: “Gythio”
- French: “Gýthio”
- French: “Gythion”
- French: “Gythium”
- French: “Yýthio”
- German: “Gytheion”
- German: “Gythio”
- German: “Gythion”
- Greek: “Γύθειο”
- Greek: “Γύθειον”
- Indonesian: “Gytheio”
- Indonesian: “Gythion”
- Italian: “Giteo”
- Italian: “Gizio”
- Italian: “Gytheio”
- Japanese: “ギシオ”
- Japanese: “ギティオ”
- Korean: “이티오”
- Latin: “Gythium”
- Latvian: “Gitija”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jýthio”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gition”
- Persian: “گیدیو”
- Polish: “Githio”
- Portuguese: “Giteio”
- Romanian: “Gytheio”
- Russian: “Гитий”
- Russian: “Гитион”
- Russian: “Йитион”
- Serbian: “Gitio”
- Serbian: “Гитио”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gitij”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gition”
- Slovak: “Gytheio”
- Slovenian: “Gythelo”
- Spanish: “Gition”
- Spanish: “Gitión”
- Spanish: “Gythion”
- Swedish: “Gýtheio”
- Turkish: “Gytheion”
- Turkish: “Gythium (Mora)”
- Turkish: “Gythium”
- Turkish: “Yitio”
- Ukrainian: “Гітейо”
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