Porto Germeno
Aigosthena was an ancient Greek fortified port city of Megaris, 19 km northwest of the ancient city of Megara to which it belonged. It is also the name of the coastal settlement at the foot of the ancient city walls, also known as Porto Germeno.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nefasdicere, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient settlement in NW Attica, Greece
- Also known as: “Aegosthena”, “Aigósthaina”, “Aigosthena”, “Aigósthena”, and “Yermenós”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porto Germeno and Alepochori.
Porto Germeno
Village
Photo: Nlaskaridis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aigosthena was an ancient Greek fortified port city of Megaris, 19 km northwest of the ancient city of Megara to which it belonged. It is also the name of the coastal settlement at the foot of the ancient city walls, also known as Porto Germeno.
Alepochori
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alepochori is a village, which is situated 8 km southwest of Porto Germeno.
Plataies
Village
Photo: Geraki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plataies, anciently Kokhla, is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Thebes, of which it is a municipal unit. Plataies is situated 8 km northeast of Porto Germeno.
Porto Germeno
- Categories: polis, fortification, archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Mandra-Eidyllia, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.14734° or 38° 8′ 50″ northLongitude
23.22718° or 23° 13′ 38″ eastPopulation
80Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
8GC546WG+WVOpenStreetMap ID
way 231043307OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Porto Germeno” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Egòstena”
- Catalan: “Temple de Melampus”
- Dutch: “Aigosthena”
- Finnish: “Aigosthena”
- French: “Ægosthènes”
- German: “Aigosthena”
- German: “Porto Germeno”
- Greek: “Αιγόσθενα”
- Greek: “Αρχαίο Φρούριο Αιγοσθένων”
- Greek: “Πόρτο Γερμενό”
- Latvian: “Egostena”
- Romanian: “Aigosthena”
- Russian: “Айгостена”
- Russian: “Эгосфены”
- Spanish: “Egostena”
- Spanish: “Egóstena”
- Turkish: “Aigosthena”
- Ukrainian: “Егосфени”
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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 “Porto Germeno”. Photo: Nefasdicere, CC BY 2.5.