Néos Kósmos
Néos Kósmos is a locality in Sparti, Laconia. Néos Kósmos is situated nearby to the locality Kalogoniá, as well as near Variká.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Sparta and Menelaion.
Archaeological Museum of Sparta
Museum
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Sparta, founded in 1875, is a museum in Sparta, Greece that houses thousands of artifacts from the ancient Acropolis of Sparta and the rest of the municipality of Laconia.
Menelaion
Archaeological site
The archaeological site of Menelaion is located approximately 5 km from the modern city of Sparta. The geographical structure of this site includes a hill complex. The archaic name of the place is mentioned as Therapne.
Temple of Artemis Orthia
Ruins
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC0.
The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, an Archaic site devoted in Classical times to Artemis, was one of the most important religious sites in the Greek city-state of Sparta, and continued to be used into the fourth century CE, when all non-Christian worship was banned during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sparta and Magoula.
Sparta
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Sparta is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population of 32,786, of whom 17,773 lived in the city.
Magoula
Suburb
Magoula is a district of modern Sparta city in Laconia, Greece. It is the former seat of the Mystras municipality. It is basically the evolution of a small village that has been attached to the growing Sparta city. Magoula is situated 3½ km northwest of Néos Kósmos.
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 4½ km south of Néos Kósmos.
Néos Kósmos
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Neos Kosmos”
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.06391° or 37° 3′ 50″ northLongitude
22.43752° or 22° 26′ 15″ eastElevation
189 metres (620 feet)Open location code
8G943C7Q+H2GeoNames ID
256478
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In Other Languages
“Néos Kósmos” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Νέος Κόσμος”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Archaeological Museum and Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia.
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