Platanakia
Platanakia is a settlement of the former municipality of Dion, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 218 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Postal code: 601 50
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Dion and Roman Theatre.
Archaeological Museum of Dion
Museum
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The Archaeological Museum of Dion is a museum in Dion in the Pieria regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. The museum was established in 1983 to display excavations unearthed in the area from a fortified city that once stood in its place from the 6th century BC to the 5th century AD.
Roman Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roman Theatre is a theater building.
Hellenistic theatre
Ruins
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The largest building of the Archaeological Park of Dion in northern Greece is the Hellenistic-era theatre. It is located in the south of the village of Dion, Pieria and is often used during the summer for performances of the Olympus Festival.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dion and Karitsa.
Dion
Village
Dion is a village and municipal unit in the municipality of Dion-Olympos in the Pieria regional unit, Greece. It is located at the foot of Mount Olympus at a distance of 17 km from the capital city of Katerini.
Karitsa
Town
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Karitsa is a lowland Aromanian town of the former Municipality of Dio, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. Karitsa is situated 3 km north of Platanakia.
Limenas Litochorou
Hamlet
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Limenas Litochorou or Gritsa is a coastal village of the Dio-Olympos municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Litochoro. Limenas Litochorou is situated 5 km east of Platanakia.
Platanakia
- Category: locality
- Location: Dio-Olympos, Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.16385° or 40° 9′ 50″ northLongitude
22.49104° or 22° 29′ 28″ eastPopulation
218Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
8GG45F7R+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 305492827OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
864850Wikidata ID
Q3563183
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Platanakia” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Платанакия”
- Bulgarian: “Платанакя”
- Cebuano: “Platanákia”
- Dutch: “Platanakia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پلاتاناكيا”
- French: “Platanákia”
- Greek: “Πλατανάκια Πιερίας”
- Greek: “Πλατανάκια”
- Macedonian: “Платанаќа”
- Macedonian: “Платанакија”
- Russian: “Платанакия”
- Serbian: “Платанакија”
- Swedish: “Platanákia”
- Turkish: “Platanakia”
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