Dispilio
Dispilio is a village near Lake Orestiada, in the Kastoria regional unit of Western Macedonia, Greece. Near the village is an archaeological site containing remains of a Neolithic lakeshore settlement that occupied an artificial island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tryfon Manolis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 976 residents
- Description: village in Kastoria, Greece
- Also known as: “Dhispílion”, “Dispilión”, “Dokonakoi”, and “Doupiakoi”
- Historically known as: “Dupiákoï”
- Postal code: 52057
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kastoria National Airport and Cave of the Dragon.
Kastoria National Airport
Aerodrome
Kastoria National Airport is an airport in Argos Orestiko at the regional unit of Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece. Kastoria National Airport is situated 4 km south of Dispilio.
Cave of the Dragon
Cave
Photo: Vagrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cave of the Dragon is situated 2½ km north of Dispilio.
Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa
Monastery
Photo: Алиса Селезньова, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa is a monastery that is built on the spot where troops of Byzantine military commander George Palaiologos encircled the attacking Normans in 1083. Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa is situated 3 km north of Dispilio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Krepeni and Argos Orestiko.
Krepeni
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Krepeni is a village near the lake Orestiada in Macedonia, Greece, part of the Makednoi municipal unit of Kastoria municipality. Krepeni is situated 3½ km east of Dispilio.
Argos Orestiko
Town
Photo: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Argos Orestiko is a town and a municipality in the Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The Kastoria National Airport is located in Argos Orestiko. Argos Orestiko is situated 4 km southwest of Dispilio.
Doltso
Neighborhood
Photo: Алиса Селезньова, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Doltso is a neighborhood, which is situated 4 km north of Dispilio.
Dispilio
- Categories: archaeological site and locality
- Location: Kastoria, Kastoria, West Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.48157° or 40° 28′ 54″ northLongitude
21.28743° or 21° 17′ 15″ eastPopulation
976Elevation
633 metres (2,077 feet)Open location code
8GG3F7JP+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 296236086OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
736419Wikidata ID
Q2556208
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Dispilio” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ديسبيليون”
- Bulgarian: “Диспилио”
- Bulgarian: “Диспилион”
- Bulgarian: “Дупяк”
- Catalan: “Dispilio”
- Cebuano: “Dispilió”
- Czech: “Dispilio”
- Dutch: “Dispilio”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ديسپيليو”
- Finnish: “Dispilió”
- French: “Dispilió”
- German: “Dispilio”
- Greek: “Δισπήλι”
- Greek: “Δισπηλιό Καστοριάς”
- Greek: “Δισπηλιό”
- Greek: “Δισπηλιόν”
- Greek: “Δοκωνάκοι” (historical)
- Greek: “Δουπιάκοι” (historical)
- Italian: “Dispilio”
- Macedonian: “Диспилио”
- Macedonian: “Дупјак”
- Pontic: “Δουπιάκοι”
- Russian: “Диспилио”
- Serbian: “Дупјак”
- Spanish: “Dispilio”
- Spanish: “Dispilió”
- Swedish: “Dispilió”
- Turkish: “Dubyak”
- Turkish: “Dupyak”
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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 Wikipedia page “Dispilio”. Photo: Tryfon Manolis, CC BY-SA 4.0.