Empúries
Empúries was an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia, Spain. Empúries is also known by its Spanish name, Ampurias. The city Ἐμπόριον was founded in 575 BC by Greeks from Phocaea.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- Description: archaeological site on coast of the Catalonia, Spain
- Postal code: 17130
- Also known as“Emporiae”“Emporion”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anchovy and Salt Museum and Búnquer del Pedrigolet.
Anchovy and Salt Museum
Anchovy and Salt Museum is a museum in the town of L'Escala, Catalonia, Spain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sant Marti d’Empuries and Cinc Claus.
Sant Marti d’Empuries
Sant Martí d'Empúries is an entity of the town of L'Escala.
Empúries
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Latitude
42.13205° or 42° 7′ 55″ north
Longitude
3.12125° or 3° 7′ 17″ east
Open location code
8FJ544JC+RG
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Empúries” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἐμπόριον”
- Arabic: “أمبوريس”
- Arabic: “أمبوريش”
- Arabic: “أنبوريش”
- Arabic: “إمبيوريز”
- Armenian: “Էմպորիոն”
- Basque: “Empúries”
- Catalan: “Ciutat d’Empúries”
- Catalan: “Emporiæ”
- Catalan: “Empòrion”
- Catalan: “Empúries”
- Catalan: “Indiké”
- Catalan: “Ruïnes d’Empúries”
- Cebuano: “Ruïnes d’Empúries”
- Chinese: “安普利耶斯”
- Chinese: “安普里亚斯”
- Chinese: “安普里亞斯”
- Chinese: “恩波里翁”
- Dutch: “Empúries”
- Egyptian Arabic: “امبيوريز”
- Finnish: “Emporion”
- French: “Ampurias dans l’Antiquité”
- French: “Ampurias”
- French: “Emporiæ”
- French: “Empúries”
- Galician: “Empúries”
- German: “Emporiae”
- German: “Emporion”
- German: “Empúries”
- German: “Ruines d‘ Empúries”
- Greek: “Αμπούριας”
- Greek: “Εμπόριο”
- Greek: “Εμπόριον”
- Greek: “Εμπούριες”
- Hebrew: “אמפוריאי”
- Hebrew: “אמפוריאס”
- Indonesian: “Empúries”
- Italian: “Ampurias”
- Italian: “Empúries”
- Japanese: “アンプリアス”
- Japanese: “エンプリエス”
- Japanese: “エンポリオン”
- Latin: “Ampurias”
- Latin: “Emporiae”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Emporion”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Empúrias”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Empúries”
- Persian: “امپوریس (شهر)”
- Persian: “امپوریس”
- Polish: “Ampurias”
- Polish: “Emporiae”
- Polish: “Emporion”
- Polish: “Empúries”
- Portuguese: “Ampúrias”
- Portuguese: “Emporion”
- Portuguese: “Empúrias”
- Russian: “Эмпорион”
- Slovenian: “Empúries”
- Spanish: “Ampurias”
- Spanish: “Emporiae”
- Spanish: “Emporion”
- Spanish: “Empúries”
- Spanish: “Ruinas de Ampurias”
- Swedish: “Ampurias”
- Swedish: “Emporion”
- Swedish: “Empúries”
- Turkish: “Empúries”
- Ukrainian: “Ампуріас”
- Ukrainian: “Емпоріе”
- Ukrainian: “Емпорії”
- Ukrainian: “Емпоріон”
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