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.Photo: Christaras A, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Village with 1,130 residents
- Description: ancient city in Chalkidiki, Greece
- Also known as: “Mint of Olynthus” and “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 Portaria.
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.
Portaria
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portaria is a village, which is situated 4 km west 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.
Olynthus
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient city, polis, and locality
- Location: Polygyros, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
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: “أولنش”
- 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 Mecyberna and Papa Aloni.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ι.Ν. Αγ. Γεωργίου and Southern hill archaeological site.
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