Lykosoura
Lykosoura is a village in Megalopoli, Arcadia and has about 39 residents. Lykosoura is situated nearby to the hamlet Petrovouni, as well as near the village Lykaio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 39 residents
- Description: village in Arcadia, Greece
- Also known as: “Astala”, “Astála”, “Likósoura”, and “Zaglakórema”
- Postal code: 22025
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lycosura.
Lycosura
Archaeological site
Photo: Nefasdicere, CC BY 2.5.
Lycosura was a city in the ancient Parrhasia region of south Arcadia said by Pausanias to be the oldest city in the world, although there is no evidence for its existence before the fourth century BCE.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lykaio and Kastanochóri.
Lykaio
Village
Lykaio is a village in Arcadia, Greece, part of the municipality of Megalopoli. Home of the legendary Lykaios family who were great soldiers in Greece. Lykaio is situated 2½ km northwest of Lykosoura.
Kastanochóri
Village
Kastanochori is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the southeastern foothills of mount Lykaion, at about 750 m elevation. It is 2 km east of Lykaio, 3 km southwest of Isoma Karyon and 10 km west of Megalopoli. Kastanochóri is situated 3 km north of Lykosoura.
Isaris
Village
Photo: Anna Diderot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Isaris is a village and a community in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the mountains west of the Alfeios valley, at about 750 m elevation. Isaris is situated 3 km south of Lykosoura.
Lykosoura
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Megalopoli, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.39194° or 37° 23′ 31″ northLongitude
22.0145° or 22° 0′ 52″ eastPopulation
39Elevation
560 metres (1,837 feet)Open location code
8G9492R7+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1636940840OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
258346Wikidata ID
Q65239638
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Turkish—“Lykosoura” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Lykósoura”
- French: “Lykosoura, Astala”
- French: “Lykósoura”
- German: “Lykosoura von Arkadien”
- German: “Lykosoura, Astala”
- Greek: “Lykósoura”
- Greek: “Αστάλα”
- Greek: “Λυκόσουρα Αρκαδίας”
- Greek: “Λυκοσούρα”
- Greek: “Λυκόσουρα”
- Pontic: “Αστάλα”
- Turkish: “Asteri”
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