Dekeleia

Decelea, was a deme and ancient village in northern Attica serving as a trade route connecting Euboea with Athens, . It was situated near the entrance of the eastern pass across Mount Parnes, which leads from the northeastern part of the Athenian plain to Oropus, and from thence both to on the one hand, and to Delium and on the other.
Wikipedia
  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of around 660 metres (2,160 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Tatoi”
  • Description: ancient Athenian deme
  • Also known as
    “Decelea”
    “Dhekélia”
    “Tatóïon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mountain Lodge Flabouri.
FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mountain hut
is a mountain hut, which is situated 3 km west of Dekeleia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tatoi Palace and Varympompi.
Aspioti-ELKA, Public domain.
Locality
Tatoi was the summer palace and 42 km2 estate of the former Greek royal family.
Suburb
or Varybobi is a suburb of in the municipality of , , . is situated 4 km south of Dekeleia.
Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Suburb
, is a town in the regional unit , in region, . is situated 4½ km southwest of Dekeleia.

Dekeleia

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Latitude
38.16667° or 38° 10′ north
Longitude
23.78333° or 23° 47′ east
Open location code
8GC55Q8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
263227
Wiki­data ID
Q1006561

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Dekeleia” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Δεκέλεια”
  • Catalan: “Decelea”
  • Catalan: “Decelia”
  • Czech: “Dekeleia”
  • Dutch: “Decelea”
  • Dutch: “Dekeleia”
  • Finnish: “Dekeleia”
  • French: “Décélie”
  • German: “Dekeleia”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Δεκέλεια Αττικής”
  • Greek: “Δεκέλεια Αττικής”
  • Greek: “Δεκέλεια”
  • Greek: “Τατόι” (historical)
  • Indonesian: “Dekelia”
  • Italian: “Decelea”
  • Japanese: “デケレイア”
  • Latin: “Decelea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dekeleia”
  • Norwegian: “Dekeleia”
  • Polish: “Dekeleja”
  • Romanian: “Decelea”
  • Romanian: “Dekeleia”
  • Russian: “Декелея”
  • Russian: “Декелия”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dekeleja”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dekelejski rat”
  • Spanish: “Decelea”
  • Spanish: “Deceleia”
  • Spanish: “Decelia”
  • Spanish: “Dekeleia”
  • Swiss German: “Dekeleia”
  • Turkish: “Dekelia”

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