Cassope
Kassope or Cassope was an ancient Greek city in Epirus. Kassope occupies a remote site on a high platform overlooking the sea, the Ambracian Gulf and the fertile lands to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rjdeadly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient city and archaeological site in Epirus, Greece
- Also known as: “Kassope” and “Kassopi”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamarina and Louros.
Kamarina
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kamarina is a village of Preveza regional unit, in the region of Epirus, in western Greece. It is located about 25 kilometres north of the town of Preveza, at an elevation of 400 metres.
Louros
Town
Louros is a town and a former municipality in the Preveza regional unit, Epirus, Greece. It was the center of a kaza of the Preveza Sanjak under the Ottoman Empire. Louros is situated 7 km east of Cassope.
Nea Sinopi
Village
Nea Sinopi is a village and a community of Preveza regional unit, in the region of Epirus, in western Greece. The community consists of the villages Nea Sinopi and Archangelos. Nea Sinopi is situated 8 km southeast of Cassope.
Cassope
- Categories: ancient city, archaeological site, polis, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Preveza, Epirus, Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.14508° or 39° 8′ 42″ northLongitude
20.67332° or 20° 40′ 24″ eastElevation
609 metres (1,998 feet)Operator
ΛΓ΄ Εφορεία Προϊστορικών και Κλασικών ΑρχαιοτήτωνOpen location code
8GF24MWF+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 318321522OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Cassope from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Cassope” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Касиопе”
- Catalan: “Cassope”
- Catalan: “Cassopeis”
- Catalan: “Cassòpia”
- Catalan: “Cassopis”
- Catalan: “Kassope”
- Dutch: “Cassope”
- Finnish: “Kassope”
- German: “Kassiopi”
- German: “Kassope”
- Greek: “Kassópi”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Κασσώπη”
- Greek: “Αρχαιολογικός χώρος Κασσώπης”
- Greek: “Κασσώπη”
- Hungarian: “Kassope”
- Hungarian: “Kassopia”
- Hungarian: “Kasszópé”
- Hungarian: “Kasszópia”
- Italian: “Cassope”
- Japanese: “カッソピ”
- Latin: “Cassope”
- Russian: “Кассопа”
- Russian: “Кассопия”
- Spanish: “Casopa”
- Turkish: “Cassope”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kryopigi and Πολύβρυσο.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Macedonian tomb and Taverne To Zaloggo.
Epirus: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Ioannina, Acheron Gorge, Arta, and Preveza.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cassope”. Photo: Rjdeadly, CC BY-SA 4.0.