Amykles
Amykles is a village in Laconia, southern Greece. It lies in the plain by the Eurotas river, 6 km south of Sparta, east of the Taygetus mountains, along the Greek National Road 39 from Sparta to Gytheio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 694 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Also known as: “Amíklai”, “Sklavochori”, “Sklavokhóri”, and “Sklavokhórion”
- Postal code: 23100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vaphio.
Vaphio
Archaeological site
Photo: Choliamb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vaphio, Vafio or Vapheio is an ancient site in Laconia, Greece, on the right bank of the Eurotas, some 5 mi south of Sparta. It is famous for its tholos or beehive tomb, excavated in 1889 by Christos Tsountas. Vaphio is situated 3 km east of Amykles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalyvia Sochas and Anavryti.
Kalyvia Sochas
Village
Κalyvia Sochas is a village in Laconia, in southern Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Sparta. Kalyvia Sochas is situated 6.5 km south of the centre of Sparta.
Anavryti
Village
Photo: macrolepis, CC BY 3.0.
Anavryti or Anavriti is a small village in Laconia, Greece on Taygetus mountain, altitude 850m. Above the Evrotas Valley, Anavryti is traversed by European walking route E4. Anavryti is situated 6 km west of Amykles.
Sparta
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sparta is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population of 32,786, of whom 17,773 lived in the city.
Amykles
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.02358° or 37° 1′ 25″ northLongitude
22.43638° or 22° 26′ 11″ eastPopulation
694Elevation
207 metres (679 feet)Open location code
8G942CFP+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 345723709OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
265163Wikidata ID
Q482034
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Amykles” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Amicles”
- Chinese: “阿密克勒斯”
- Dutch: “Amyclae”
- Dutch: “Amyclai”
- Dutch: “Amyklai”
- Dutch: “Amýklai”
- Dutch: “Amykles”
- Dutch: “Troon van Apollon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اميكليس”
- Finnish: “Amýkles”
- French: “Amyclée”
- French: “Amyclees”
- French: “Amyclées”
- French: “Sclavochori”
- German: “Amyklä”
- German: “Amyklae”
- German: “Amyklai”
- German: “Amyklaion”
- Greek: “Αμύκλαι”
- Greek: “Αμύκλες Λακωνίας”
- Greek: “Αμύκλες”
- Greek: “Μαχμούτμπεη”
- Irish: “Amykles”
- Japanese: “アミクレス”
- Latin: “Amyclae”
- Lithuanian: “Amiklai”
- Polish: “Amyklaj”
- Pontic: “Μαχμούτμπεη”
- Portuguese: “Amicleia”
- Portuguese: “Amicléia”
- Romanian: “Amykles”
- Russian: “Амикле”
- Russian: “Амиклы”
- Spanish: “Amiclas”
- Turkish: “Mahmutbey”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Γήπεδο Αμυκλών and Ιερό Αμυκλαίου Απόλλωνος.
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