Epidaurus
Epidaurus was a small city in ancient Greece, on the Argolid Peninsula at the Saronic Gulf. Two modern towns bear the name Epidavros: Palaia Epidavros and Nea Epidavros.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city in Argolis, Greece
- Also known as: “Epidauros”
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Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Epidaurus and Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus.
Epidaurus
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Epidaurus is an archaeological site in the Argolis region of Greece, southwest of Athens. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
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The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is a theatre in the Greek city of Epidaurus, located on the southeast end of the sanctuary dedicated to the ancient Greek God of medicine, Asclepius. Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is situated 370 metres east of Epidaurus.
Greek baths (Epidaurus)
Ruins
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Greek baths (Epidaurus) is a ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adami and Lygourio.
Adami
Village
Adami is a semi‑mountainous village in the municipality of Epidaurus, Argolis, in the Peloponnese, Greece. Located on the northern slopes of Mount Mavrovouni at approximately 480 m elevation, it lies about 8 km from Lygourio and near the ancient sanctuary of Asclepius. Adami is situated 2½ km south of Epidaurus.
Lygourio
Town
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Lygourio is a Greek small town located about the middle of Argolis prefecture. It is built at the foot of Arachnaion Mountain at a height of 370 meters, near the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus. Lygourio is situated 4 km northwest of Epidaurus.
Palaia Epidavros
Village
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Palaia Epidavros or Palaia Epidauros is a small town in the Argolis prefecture of the Peloponnese. Today also called Archaia Epidauros, it is built in the same place where the ancient city of Epidauros was located, on top of and surrounding a small peninsula between two bays, on the coast of the Saronic gulf. Palaia Epidavros is situated 8 km northeast of Epidaurus.
Epidaurus
- Categories: ancient city, polis, submerged settlement, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Epidaurus, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Waray—“Epidaurus” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Epidauros”
- Afrikaans: “Epidourus”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἐπίδαυρος”
- Arabic: “أركيا إبيداوروس، أرغوليس”
- Arabic: “إبيداوروس”
- Armenian: “Էպիդավրոս”
- Basque: “Epidauro”
- Bulgarian: “Епидавър”
- Catalan: “Epidaure”
- Catalan: “Epidàuria”
- Catalan: “Epidauros”
- Cebuano: “Epidaurus”
- Chinese: “埃皮达鲁斯”
- Chinese: “埃皮達魯斯”
- Croatian: “Epidaur”
- Croatian: “Epidauros”
- Croatian: “Kazalište u Epidauru”
- Czech: “Epidauros”
- Czech: “Epidaurus”
- Dutch: “Epidaurus”
- Esperanto: “Epidaŭro”
- Esperanto: “Epidauros”
- Esperanto: “Epidaurus”
- Esperanto: “Epidavros”
- Finnish: “Epidauros”
- French: “Épidaure”
- Galician: “Epidauria”
- Galician: “Epidauro”
- Georgian: “ეპიდავრი”
- German: “Epidauros”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Επίδαυρος”
- Greek: “Επίδαυρος”
- Hebrew: “אפידאורוס”
- Hungarian: “Epidaurosz”
- Indonesian: “Epidauros”
- Irish: “Eipeadáras”
- Italian: “Epidauro”
- Italian: “Epidauros”
- Italian: “Epidaurus”
- Japanese: “エピダウロス”
- Kazakh: “Эпидаурос”
- Korean: “에피다우로스”
- Latin: “Epidaurus”
- Latvian: “Epidaura”
- Lithuanian: “Epidauras”
- Macedonian: “Епидаур”
- Malayalam: “എപിഡോറസ്”
- Mazanderani: “اپیداروس”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Epidauros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Epídavros”
- Norwegian: “Epidauros”
- Persian: “اپی داروس”
- Persian: “اپی داوروس”
- Persian: “اپیداروس”
- Persian: “اپیداروس”
- Persian: “اپیداوروس”
- Persian: “اپیداوروس”
- Polish: “Epidaur”
- Polish: “Epidauros”
- Portuguese: “Epidauro”
- Portuguese: “Sítio Arqueológico de Epidauro”
- Romanian: “Epidaur”
- Romanian: “Epidauros”
- Romanian: “Epidaurus”
- Romanian: “Epidavros”
- Russian: “Эпидавр”
- Russian: “Эпидаврос”
- Serbian: “Епидаур”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Epidaur”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Epidaurus”
- Slovak: “Epidauros”
- Slovak: “Epidaurus”
- Slovenian: “Epidauros”
- Slovenian: “Epidaurus”
- Slovenian: “Epidaver”
- Spanish: “Epidaure”
- Spanish: “Epidauria”
- Spanish: “Epidàuria”
- Spanish: “Epidauro”
- Spanish: “Epidauros”
- Spanish: “Epidaurus”
- Spanish: “Epidavros”
- Spanish: “Epídavros”
- Spanish: “Επίδαυρος”
- Spanish: “Ἐπίδαυρος”
- Swedish: “Epidauros”
- Swedish: “Epidaurus”
- Tamil: “எபிடாரஸ்”
- Turkish: “Epidauros”
- Turkish: “Epidaurus”
- Ukrainian: “Епідавр”
- Urdu: “ایپیداوروس”
- Vietnamese: “Epidaurus”
- Vietnamese: “Epidavros”
- Waray (Philippines): “Epidaurus”
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