Stemnitsa
Stemnitsa is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Trikolonoi, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Trikolonoi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 191 residents
- Description: village in Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Ypsous”
- Historically known as: “Hypsous” and “Ipsoús”
- Postal code: 22024
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stemnitsa Silver-Gold Smithery School and Gortys.
Stemnitsa Silver-Gold Smithery School
School building
The Stemnitsa Silver-Gold-Smithery School is a publicly funded school where students learn to craft jewelry from silver and gold, hence its name. It is located in Stemnitsa, Arcadia, in southern Greece.
Gortys
Photo: George Ntekas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gortys, or Gortyna, was a town of ancient Arcadia in the district Cynuria, situated near the river Gortynius, also called Lusius nearer its sources, which was a tributary of the Alpheius, and was remarkable for the coldness of its waters. Gortys is situated 4 km southwest of Stemnitsa.
Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Prodromos)
Monastery
Photo: Einer flog zu Weit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Prodromos) is situated 3 km west of Stemnitsa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zygovisti and Elliniko Trikolonon.
Zygovisti
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zygovisti is a village in the municipal unit Dimitsana, western Arcadia, Greece. It is located in the mountains east of the river Lousios, 3 km southeast of Dimitsana and 4 km north of Stemnitsa. Zygovisti is situated 3½ km north of Stemnitsa.
Elliniko Trikolonon
Hamlet
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elliniko is a mountain village in western Arcadia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Trikolonoi. It is situated on a mountain slope on the left bank of the river Lousios. Elliniko Trikolonon is situated 4 km south of Stemnitsa.
Markou
Village
Photo: Panathas023, Public domain.
Markou is a village, which is situated 5 km west of Stemnitsa.
Stemnitsa
- Category: locality
- Location: Gortynia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.55609° or 37° 33′ 22″ northLongitude
22.08312° or 22° 4′ 59″ eastPopulation
191Elevation
1,075 metres (3,527 feet)Open location code
8G94H34M+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 352640699OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
261752Wikidata ID
Q15635266
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Swedish—“Stemnitsa” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Υψούς”
- Basque: “Stemnitsa”
- Cebuano: “Stemnítsa”
- Dutch: “Stemnitsa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ستيمنيتسا”
- Finnish: “Stemnítsa”
- French: “Stemnítsa”
- German: “Stemnitsa”
- Greek: “Οικισμός Στεμνίτσας”
- Greek: “Στεμνίτσα Αρκαδίας”
- Greek: “Στεμνίτσα”
- Greek: “Υψούς Αρκαδίας”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stemnítsa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stremnitsa”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Stemnítsa”
- Romanian: “Stemnitsa”
- Swedish: “Stemnítsa”
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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 “Stemnitsa”. Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.