Isthmia
Isthmia is a Greek village and community 7.5 km southeast of Corinth. It is located in the south entry of Corinth Canal. The community spreads in the place where the Isthmian Games were held in antiquity.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,030 residents
- Description: village in Greece, Peloponnese, Corinthia
- Also known as: “Isthmia, Corinthia” and “Isthmós”
- Postal code: 20010
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isthmia Submersible Bridge and Istmia.
Istmia
Archaeological site
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Isthmia is an ancient sanctuary of Poseidon and important archaeological site and museum located on the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece. Situated on the territory of the ancient city-state of Corinth, it was famous in antiquity for the Isthmian Games and its Temple of Poseidon.
Temple of Poseidon
Archaeological site
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The Temple of Isthmia is an ancient Greek temple on the Isthmus of Corinth dedicated to the god Poseidon and built in the Archaic Period. It is about 16 kilometers east of ancient Corinth, at the site of ancient Isthmia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gefyra Isthmou and Kehries.
Kehries
Village
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Kechries is a village in the municipality of Corinth in Corinthia in Greece, part of the community of Xylokeriza. Population 319. It takes its name from the ancient port town Kenchreai or Cenchreae, which was situated at the same location. Kehries is situated 4 km southwest of Isthmia.
Sousaki volcano
Village
Sousaki is a dormant volcano and modern solfatara field in northeastern Corinthia, Greece, at the northwest end of the South Aegean Volcanic Arc. The volcano was active during the Pliocene and early Quaternary periods of the Earth's geological history. Sousaki volcano is situated 5 km east of Isthmia.
Isthmia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Loutraki-Perachora-Agioi Theodoroi, Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.91556° or 37° 54′ 56″ northLongitude
23.00457° or 23° 0′ 17″ eastPopulation
1,030Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR ITMOpen location code
8G95W283+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 301280384OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Isthmia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إسثميا، كورينثيا”
- Arabic: “إسثميا”
- Cebuano: “Isthmía”
- Chinese: “伊斯米亚”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اسثميا”
- Finnish: “Isthmía”
- German: “Isthmia”
- Greek: “Isthmía”
- Greek: “Ισθμία Κορινθίας”
- Greek: “Ίσθμια Κορινθίας”
- Greek: “Ισθμία”
- Russian: “Истмия”
- Russian: “Истхмиа”
- Swedish: “Isthmía”
- “Isthmia”
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