Cithaeron
Cithaeron or Kithairon is a mountain and mountain range about sixteen kilometres long in Central Greece. The range is the physical boundary between Boeotia region in the north and Attica region in the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 1,409 metres
- Description: mountain range between West Attica and Boeotia, Greece
- Also known as: “Kithairon” and “Kithaironas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Agia Triada monastery, Plataia.
Agia Triada monastery, Plataia
Church
Photo: Dafniotis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agia Triada monastery, Plataia is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plataies and Porto Germeno.
Plataies
Village
Photo: Geraki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plataies, anciently Kokhla, is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Thebes, of which it is a municipal unit.
Porto Germeno
Village
Photo: Nlaskaridis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aigosthena was an ancient Greek fortified port city of Megaris, 19 km northwest of the ancient city of Megara to which it belonged. It is also the name of the coastal settlement at the foot of the ancient city walls, also known as Porto Germeno.
Cithaeron
- Category: landform
- Location: Mandra-Eidyllia, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.1842° or 38° 11′ 3″ northLongitude
23.24919° or 23° 14′ 57″ eastElevation
1,409 metres (4,623 feet)Open location code
8GC556MX+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 26863375OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Cithaeron” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ziteron”
- Breton: “Kiteron”
- Breton: “Kithairon”
- Bulgarian: “Китерон”
- Catalan: “Citeró”
- Cebuano: “Kithairón Óros”
- Chinese: “季賽榮山”
- Chinese: “季赛荣山”
- Dutch: “Kithairon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيثيرون”
- Estonian: “Kithairon”
- Estonian: “Kithairónas”
- Finnish: “Kithairónas”
- French: “Mont Citheron”
- French: “Mont Cithéron”
- German: “Kithairon”
- German: “Kitheronas”
- Greek: “Kithairónas”
- Greek: “Ελατιάς”
- Greek: “Κιθαιρώνας”
- Hebrew: “קיתאירון”
- Ido: “Kitairon”
- Ido: “Montaro Kitairon”
- Italian: “Citerone”
- Italian: “Monte Citerone”
- Japanese: “キサイロナス”
- Japanese: “キタイローン”
- Japanese: “キタイローン山”
- Japanese: “キタイロン”
- Korean: “키타이론 산”
- Korean: “키타이론산”
- Ladin: “Kithairon”
- Latin: “Cithaeron”
- Latvian: “Kitairons”
- Luxembourgish: “Asopos”
- Luxembourgish: “Kephisos”
- Luxembourgish: “Kithairon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kithairon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kithairon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kitherónas”
- Norwegian: “Kithairon”
- Polish: “Kitajron”
- Portuguese: “Monte Citerão”
- Portuguese: “Monte Citéron”
- Russian: “Китерон”
- Russian: “Киферон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kiteron”
- Spanish: “Citeron”
- Spanish: “Citerón”
- Spanish: “El Citeron”
- Spanish: “El Citerón”
- Spanish: “Elatias”
- Spanish: “Elatiás”
- Swedish: “Kithairon”
- Ukrainian: “Кіферон (гора)”
- Ukrainian: “Кіферон”
- Venetian: “Monte Citerone”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Πέταλο Κιθαιρώνα and Agios Nektarios Vilion.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kithaironas Peak - Paragliding Takeoff and Ελατιάς.
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