Vrontados

Vrontados is a small coastal town located at the eastern part of the island of in . With a population of about 5,300, the town hosts the seat of the municipal unit of Omiroupoli.
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  • Type: Town with 5,270 residents
  • Description: town in Chios, Greece
  • Also known as: “Vrondádhes”, “Vrondádhos”, and “Vrondhádes”
  • Postal code: 82200

Places of Interest

Highlights include Daskalopetra monument and Panaghia Mirtidhiotisa Monastery.

Archaeological site
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The is a rock-cut shrine to the goddess Cybele at Daskalopetra, near Vrontados on , in , dating to the late sixth or early fifth century BC. It is probably the earliest known cult site of the Cybele in the Greek world.

Monastery
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lagkada and Dafnonas.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 8 km north of Vrontados.

Village
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is a village on the center of the of , located in the North Aegean islands region of . Its population was 366 as of the 2021 census. is situated 8 km southwest of Vrontados.

Hamlet
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is a medieval, now abandoned, village on the Greek island of , 16 km from . Created in the Byzantine era, probably by workers of the , the village was abandoned after the Massacre of Chios in 1822 and the earthquake of 1881. is situated 10 km west of Vrontados.

Vrontados

Latitude
38.4098° or 38° 24′ 35″ north
Longitude
26.13251° or 26° 7′ 57″ east
Population
5,270
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
8GC8C45M+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1832767409
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
251606
Wiki­data ID
Q3558261
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Vrontados” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فرونتادوس”
  • Asturian: “Vrontados”
  • Bulgarian: “Вронтадос”
  • Cebuano: “Vrontádos”
  • Dutch: “Vrontados”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فرونتادوس”
  • Finnish: “Vrontádos”
  • German: “Vrontados”
  • Greek: “Βροντάδος Χίου”
  • Greek: “Βροντάδος”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vrondádos”
  • Persian: “فرونتادوس”
  • Polish: “Vrontados”
  • Russian: “Врондадос”
  • Swedish: “Vrontádos”
  • Turkish: “Vrontados”
  • Ukrainian: “Вронтадос”

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