Tiryns

Tiryns is a Mycenaean archaeological site in in the , and the location from which the mythical hero Heracles was said to have performed his Twelve Labours.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city and archaeological site in Argolis, Greece
  • Also known as: “archaeological site of Tiryns”, “Tíryntha”, and “Tiryntha (Tiryns)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tholos tomb of Tiryns and Bourtzi Castle.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ km east of Tiryns.

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The water castle of Bourtzi is a Venetian castle located in the middle of the harbour of . is situated 3½ km south of Tiryns.

Museum
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The Archaeological Museum of Nafplio is a in the town of of the region in . It has exhibits of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Helladic, Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods from all over southern . is situated 3½ km south of Tiryns.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tiryns and Nafplio.

Village
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is a village.

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is a small town in . A romantic downtown with cozy streets, a great place to stay for radial travelling around Peloponnese.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Tiryns.

Tiryns

Latitude
37.59922° or 37° 35′ 57″ north
Longitude
22.80009° or 22° 48′ 0″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8G94HRX2+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 281222021
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
408652
Wiki­data ID
Q217379
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Tiryns” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Tiryns”
  • Albanian: “Tirinti”
  • Albanian: “Tiryns”
  • Albanian: “Tirynti”
  • Arabic: “تيرنز”
  • Armenian: “Տիրինս”
  • Basque: “Tirinto”
  • Belarusian: “Тырынф”
  • Breton: “Tirint”
  • Breton: “Tiryns”
  • Breton: “Tiryntha”
  • Bulgarian: “Тиринт”
  • Catalan: “Tirins”
  • Catalan: “Tirint”
  • Cebuano: “Tírins”
  • Chinese: “提任斯”
  • Chinese: “提林斯”
  • Chinese: “梯林斯”
  • Croatian: “Tirint”
  • Czech: “Tiryns”
  • Czech: “Tíryns”
  • Czech: “Tyrins”
  • Czech: “Týrins”
  • Danish: “Tiryns”
  • Dutch: “Tiryns”
  • Esperanto: “Tirinto”
  • Finnish: “Tiryns”
  • French: “Tiryntha (Tiryns)”
  • French: “Tirynthe”
  • French: “Tyrinthe”
  • Galician: “Tirinto”
  • Georgian: “ტირინფა”
  • German: “Tiryns”
  • German: “Tiryntha (Tiryns)”
  • German: “Tyrins”
  • Greek: “Τίρυνθα”
  • Greek: “Τίρυνς”
  • Hebrew: “טירינס”
  • Hindi: “तीर्यंस”
  • Hungarian: “Tirünsz”
  • Ido: “Tirinta”
  • Indonesian: “Tiryns”
  • Italian: “sito archeologico di Tirinto”
  • Italian: “Tirinto”
  • Japanese: “ティーリュンス”
  • Japanese: “ティーリンス”
  • Japanese: “ティリュンス”
  • Japanese: “ティリンス”
  • Kannada: “ಟಿರಿನ್ಸ್”
  • Kannada: “ಟಿರಿನ್ಸ್‌”
  • Latin: “Tiryns”
  • Latvian: “Tīrinta”
  • Lithuanian: “Tirintas”
  • Macedonian: “Тиринт”
  • Malayalam: “Tiryns”
  • Malayalam: “ടിറിൻസ്”
  • Maltese: “Tiryns”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tiryns”
  • Norwegian: “Tiryns”
  • Persian: “تیرینس”
  • Polish: “Tiryns”
  • Polish: “Tyryns”
  • Portuguese: “Tirinte”
  • Portuguese: “Tirinto”
  • Romanian: “Tirint”
  • Russian: “Список мифических царей Тиринфа”
  • Russian: “Тиринф”
  • Rusyn: “Тиринс”
  • Serbian: “Тиринт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tirint”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tiryns”
  • Slovak: “Tiryns”
  • Slovenian: “Tirint”
  • Spanish: “Tirinos”
  • Spanish: “Tirinte”
  • Spanish: “Tirinto”
  • Spanish: “Tiryns”
  • Swedish: “Tiryns”
  • Tatar: “Тиринф борынгы кала археологик урыны”
  • Turkish: “Tirins”
  • Turkish: “Tiryns”
  • Ukrainian: “Тиринф”
  • Ukrainian: “Тіринф”
  • Ukrainian: “Тірінф”
  • Urdu: “تیرنس”

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