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Constanța County
Istria

Histria

Histria or Istros was founded as a Greek colony or polis on the western coast of the near the mouth of the whose banks are today about 70 km away.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Greek city on the western coast of the Black Sea
  • Also known as: “Cetatea antică Histria” and “Istron”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Istria and Sinoe.

Village
Photo: Nicu farcas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km northwest of Histria.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 10 km north of Histria.

Histria

Latitude
44.54774° or 44° 32′ 52″ north
Longitude
28.77444° or 28° 46′ 28″ east
Open location code
8GPCGQXF+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 132066800
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
676144
Wiki­data ID
Q1164460
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • 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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