Arkesini
Arcesine or Arkesine was an ancient town on the island of Amorgos in the eastern Cyclades. It was one of the three main settlements on the island in antiquity.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 106 residents
- Description: ancient town on the island of Amorgos
- Also known as: “Arcesine”, “Arkesine”, “Arkesíni”, “Arkhesíni”, and “Khorió”
- Postal code: 84008
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Katapola.
Katapola
Village
Photo: Oliwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Katapola is a small port village on the Greek island of Amorgos, the easternmost island of the Cyclades. It is located at the foot of a hill which was once the site of the ancient town of Minoa. Katapola is situated 7 km northeast of Arkesini.
Arkesini
- Categories: polis, ancient city, and locality
- Location: Amorgos, Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.78718° or 36° 47′ 14″ northLongitude
25.80269° or 25° 48′ 10″ eastPopulation
106Elevation
205 metres (673 feet)Open location code
8G87QRP3+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 300288236OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
264639Wikidata ID
Q63994763
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Turkish—“Arkesini” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Arkesine”
- Greek: “Αρκεσίνη”
- Italian: “Arcesine”
- Russian: “Аркесини”
- Turkish: “Arcesine”
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