Orchomenos
Orchomenos is a town in Orchomenos, Boeotia, Central Greece and has about 5,780 residents. Orchomenos is situated nearby to the neighborhood Petromagoula, as well as near Συνοικισμός.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,780 residents
- Description: modern Greek city in Boeotia
- Also known as: “Adámas”, “Adhámas”, “Athámas”, “Skripoú”, “Αθάμας”, “Πετρομαγούλα”, and “Σκριπού”
- Postal code: 32300
Places of Interest
Highlights include Panagia Skripou Monastery and Ancient Theatre of Orchomenus.
Panagia Skripou Monastery
Church
Photo: Costas78, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Panagia Skripou Monastery is located in Orchomenus, Boeotia, Greece. From the monastery today, only its katholikon functions, which is the most important monument from the series of temples of the "transitional cruciform" type, in the Greek area.
Ancient Theatre of Orchomenus
Archaeological site
Photo: Rjdeadly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ancient Theatre of Orchomenus is an archaeological site.
Treasury of Minyas
Archaeological site
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Treasury of Minyas is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agios Andreas and Pyrgos.
Agios Andreas
Hamlet
Photo: Costas78, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agios Andreas is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Orchomenos.
Pyrgos
Hamlet
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Pyrgos is a small village in Boeotia, possible site of Homeric Nisa. It is named after a ruined medieval tower, with a notable Mycenaean element, that overlooks the village from a nearby hill. Pyrgos is situated 5 km northeast of Orchomenos.
Akontio
Hamlet
Akontio is a subdivision of the municipality of Livadeia, Greece. Akontio is situated 9 km west of Orchomenos.
Orchomenos
- Category: locality
- Location: Orchomenos, Boeotia, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.49332° or 38° 29′ 36″ northLongitude
22.97971° or 22° 58′ 47″ eastPopulation
5,780Elevation
104 metres (341 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR ORCOpen location code
8GC4FXVH+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 283667588OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Orchomenos” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Orchomenos”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ὀρχομενός”
- Arabic: “أورخومينوس”
- Armenian: “Օրխոմենոս”
- Asturian: “Orchomenus”
- Azerbaijani: “Orxomenos”
- Belarusian: “Архамен (Беотыя)”
- Belarusian: “Архамен”
- Breton: “Orc’homenos”
- Bulgarian: “Орхоменос”
- Catalan: “Orcomen”
- Cebuano: “Orchomenós”
- Chinese: “奥尔霍迈诺斯”
- Czech: “Orchomenos”
- Dutch: “Orchomenos”
- Dutch: “Orchomenus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اورخومينوس”
- Finnish: “Orchomenós”
- French: “Orchomène”
- French: “Orchomenos”
- German: “Orchomenos”
- Greek: “Αδάμας”
- Greek: “Καλπάκι”
- Greek: “Ορχομενός Βοιωτίας”
- Greek: “Ορχομενός”
- Hungarian: “Orkhomenosz”
- Indonesian: “Orkhomenos”
- Italian: “Orcomeno”
- Japanese: “オルコメノス (ボイオーティア)”
- Japanese: “オルコメノス”
- Japanese: “オルホメノス”
- Latin: “Orchomenus”
- Lithuanian: “Orchomenas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orkhomenós”
- Persian: “ارکومنوس (بویوتیا)”
- Persian: “ارکومنوس”
- Polish: “Orchomenos”
- Pontic: “Καλπάκι”
- Portuguese: “Orcômeno”
- Romanian: “Orchomenos”
- Russian: “Калпаки”
- Russian: “Орхοменοс”
- Russian: “Орхомен”
- Russian: “Орхоменос”
- Serbian: “Orhomenus (Beotija)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Orhomen”
- Slovak: “Orchomenos”
- Spanish: “Orcomeno”
- Spanish: “Orcómeno”
- Swedish: “Orchomenos, Boiotien”
- Turkish: “Kalpak”
- Ukrainian: “Орхомен”
- Vietnamese: “Orchomenos”
- “Kalpáki”
- “Orchomenós”
- “Orhomenós”
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