Skoura
Skoura is a village in Sparti, Laconia and has about 435 residents. Skoura is situated nearby to the hamlet Kavouraki, as well as near the village Platana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 435 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Also known as: “Skoúra” and “Skoura, Lakonia”
- Postal code: 23100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vaphio and Ágios Vasíleios.
Vaphio
Archaeological site
Photo: Choliamb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vaphio, Vafio or Vapheio is an ancient site in Laconia, Greece, on the right bank of the Eurotas, some 5 mi south of Sparta. It is famous for its tholos or beehive tomb, excavated in 1889 by Christos Tsountas.
Ágios Vasíleios
Archaeological site
Agios Vasileios is the site of a Mycenaean palace, located 4 kilometers east of the village of Xirokambi in Laconia, Greece. It was west of the Eurotas River commanding the plain, some 10 km south of Sparta. Ágios Vasíleios is situated 4 km south of Skoura.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amykles and Kalyvia Sochas.
Amykles
Village
Amykles is a village in Laconia, southern Greece. It lies in the plain by the Eurotas river, 6 km south of Sparta, east of the Taygetus mountains, along the Greek National Road 39 from Sparta to Gytheio. Amykles is situated 5 km west of Skoura.
Kalyvia Sochas
Village
Κalyvia Sochas is a village in Laconia, in southern Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Sparta. Kalyvia Sochas is situated 6.5 km south of the centre of Sparta. Kalyvia Sochas is situated 6 km west of Skoura.
Xirokambi
Village
Xirokambi is a village and a community near Sparta in the regional unit of Laconia, Greece. Located in the southern Peloponnese, records show that the modern community has existed since at least 1758. Xirokambi is situated 7 km southwest of Skoura.
Skoura
- Category: locality
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.01303° or 37° 0′ 47″ northLongitude
22.48961° or 22° 29′ 23″ eastPopulation
435Elevation
162 metres (531 feet)Open location code
8G942F7Q+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 1748715167OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
253536Wikidata ID
Q15890028
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In Other Languages
From Greek to Turkish—“Skoura” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Σκούρα Λακωνίας”
- Greek: “Σκούρα”
- Russian: “Скура”
- Turkish: “Skoura, Lakonia”
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