Palaiopoli
Palaiopoli is a village in Samothrace, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace and has about 31 residents. Palaiopoli is situated nearby to the hamlet Katsampas, as well as near the village Kato Karyotes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 31 residents
- Description: human settlement on Samothraki, Greece
- Also known as: “Palaiópolis”, “Paleopolis”, and “Paliópoli”
- Postal code: 68002
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Samothrace and Sanctuary of the Great Gods.
Archaeological Museum of Samothrace
Museum
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The Archaeological Museum of Samothrace is located in Samothrace of the Evros regional unit, in Greece. It has four rooms and an atrium, presenting the following: The museum was designed by Stuart Shaw, an architect based at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and built by the American School of Classical Studies, Athens in 1939–55.
Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Archaeological site
Photo: Marsyas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Samothrace Temple Complex, known as the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, is one of the principal Pan-Hellenic religious sanctuaries, located on the island of Samothrace within the larger Thrace.
Neorion
Archaeological site
The neorion at Samothrace was a long, rectangular, monumental structure built to house a dedicatory ship to the gods at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the Greek island of Samothrace in the northern Aegean Sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Samothrace and Kamariotissa.
Samothrace
Photo: Handrian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Samothraki is a small island that is the conical tip of a mountain rising out of the sea in the North Aegean Islands of Greece.
Kamariotissa
Village
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Kamariotissa is a village, which is situated 5 km southwest of Palaiopoli.
Therma
Village
Photo: DocWoKav, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Therma, also known as Loutra, is a village located on the northern side of the Greek island of Samothrace, in the northern Aegean Sea. As of 2021, Therma had a permanent population of 83. Therma is situated 7 km east of Palaiopoli.
Palaiopoli
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Samothrace, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.50238° or 40° 30′ 9″ northLongitude
25.52634° or 25° 31′ 35″ eastPopulation
31Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
8GG7GG2G+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 764948072OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
734808Wikidata ID
Q21406479
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Russian—“Palaiopoli” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Palaiópoli”
- French: “Paleópoli”
- French: “Paleópolis”
- Greek: “Palaiópoli”
- Greek: “Παλαιόπολη Σαμοθράκης”
- Greek: “Παλαιόπολη”
- Greek: “Παλαιόπολις Σαμοθράκης”
- Greek: “Παλαιόπολις”
- Irish: “Palaiopoli”
- Russian: “Палеополис”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sanctuary of the Great Gods Museum (offices) and Sanctuary of the Great Gods Museum.
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