Olynthus
Nea Moudania is a town in Chalkidiki, Greece. The town is located 60 km south of Thessaloniki and is considered to be the financial and commercial center of the regional unit of Chalkidiki.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,130 residents
- Description: ancient city in Chalkidiki, Greece
- Also known as: “Olynthos”
- Historically known as: “Mariana”, “Néa Ólinthos”, and “Nea Olynthos”
- Postal code: 63200
Places of Interest
Highlights include Olynthos Archaeological Museum.
Olynthos Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Olynthos opened in July 1998 in a building on the archaeological site of ancient Olynthos, 5 km from Moudania, Halkidiki in Central Macedonia, Greece.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agios Mamas and Kalyves Polygyrou.
Agios Mamas
Village
Photo: Geraki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nea Moudania is a town in Chalkidiki, Greece. The town is located 60 km south of Thessaloniki and is considered to be the financial and commercial center of the regional unit of Chalkidiki. Agios Mamas is situated 3½ km south of Olynthus.
Kalyves Polygyrou
Village
Photo: Aristolaos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kalyves Polygyrou or Kalives, old name Mecyberna, is a village in Chalkidiki peninsula in Central Macedonia of Northern Greece. There is a kindergarten and primary school to accommodate pupils of both Kalyves and the nearby village of Yerakini. Kalyves Polygyrou is situated 4 km east of Olynthus.
Mecyberna
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mecyberna or Mekyberna was a town of Chalcidice, ancient Macedonia, which stood at the head of the Toronaic Gulf, which was also called Sinus Mecybernaeus. Mecyberna is situated 4½ km east of Olynthus.
Olynthus
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient city, polis, and locality
- Location: Polygyros, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.2902° or 40° 17′ 25″ northLongitude
23.34196° or 23° 20′ 31″ eastPopulation
1,130Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
8GG578RR+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 137714463OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
734996Wikidata ID
Q1141669
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Olynthus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أولينثوس”
- Basque: “Olinto”
- Bulgarian: “Олинт”
- Catalan: “Olint”
- Cebuano: “Ólynthos”
- Chinese: “奧林索斯”
- Chinese: “欧伦托斯城”
- Czech: “Olynthos”
- Dutch: “Olynthos”
- Dutch: “Olynthus”
- Esperanto: “Olinto”
- Finnish: “Olynthos”
- French: “Olynthe”
- French: “Olynthos”
- German: “Olynth”
- German: “Olynthos”
- German: “Olynthus”
- Greek: “Μαριανά” (historical)
- Greek: “Νέα Όλυνθος” (historical)
- Greek: “Όλυνθος Χαλκιδικής”
- Greek: “Όλυνθος”
- Hebrew: “אולינתוס”
- Hungarian: “Olünthosz”
- Indonesian: “Olintos”
- Italian: “Olinto”
- Italian: “Olynthos”
- Japanese: “オリュントス”
- Kirghiz: “Олинф”
- Latin: “Olynthus”
- Macedonian: “Олинт”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Olynthos”
- Norwegian: “Olynthos”
- Polish: “Olint”
- Portuguese: “Olinto”
- Romanian: “Olint”
- Russian: “Олинтос”
- Russian: “Олинф”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Olint”
- Slovenian: “Olint”
- Spanish: “Olinto”
- Swedish: “Olynthos”
- Turkish: “Olinthos”
- Turkish: “Olynthus”
- Ukrainian: “Олінт”
- Ukrainian: “Олінф”
- Ukrainian: “Олінфос”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Portaria and Papa Aloni.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ι.Ν. Αγ. Γεωργίου and Southern hill archaeological site.
Chalkidiki: Must-Visit Destinations
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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 Wikivoyage page “Olynthus”. Photo: Christaras A, CC BY-SA 2.5.