Histria
Histria or Istros was founded as a Greek colony or polis on the western coast of the Black Sea near the mouth of the Danube whose banks are today about 70 km away.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient Greek city on the western coast of the Black Sea
- Also known as: “Istron”, “Istrus”, and “Mint of Istrus”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Istria and Sinoe.
Sinoe
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Histria
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient city, polis, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Istria, Constanța County, Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.54798° or 44° 32′ 53″ north
Longitude
28.77546° or 28° 46′ 32″ east
Open location code
8GPCGQXG+55
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Histria” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἰστρίη”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἰστρόπολις”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἴστρος”
- Bulgarian: “Истрия”
- Catalan: “Hístria”
- Catalan: “Istròpolis”
- Czech: “Histria”
- Dutch: “Histria”
- Finnish: “Histria”
- Finnish: “Istros”
- French: “Histria”
- French: “Istropolis”
- French: “Istros pot.”
- Georgian: “ისტრიე”
- German: “Histria”
- Greek: “Ίστρια”
- Greek: “Ίστρος”
- Hausa: “Histria (ancient city)”
- Hausa: “Histria”
- Italian: “Histria”
- Italian: “Istria”
- Italian: “Istros”
- Japanese: “ヒストリア遺跡”
- Latvian: “Istrija”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Istros”
- Norwegian: “Istros”
- Polish: “Histria”
- Polish: “Istros”
- Romanian: “Histria”
- Romanian: “Situl arheologic „Cetatea Histria””
- Russian: “Гистрия”
- Russian: “Истр”
- Spanish: “Histria”
- Spanish: “Histriopolis”
- Spanish: “Histriópolis”
- Spanish: “Istria”
- Spanish: “Istriopolis”
- Spanish: “Istriópolis”
- Spanish: “Istron”
- Spanish: “Istropolis”
- Spanish: “Istrópolis”
- Spanish: “Istros”
- Swedish: “Istros”
- Turkish: “Histria”
- Ukrainian: “Істрія”
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