Heptapyrgion

The Heptapyrgion, modern Eptapyrgio, also popularly known by its Ottoman Turkish name Yedi Kule, is a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the Acropolis of in .
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 224 metres (735 feet)
  • Opening hours: Wednesday–Monday 8:30 AM–3:30 PM
  • Description: fortress and former prison in Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Also known as
    “Eptapyrgio”
    “Heptapyrgio”
    “Yedi Kule”
    “Γεντί Κουλέ”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vlatadon Monastery and Pyrgos Aliseos.
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Vlatades Monastery or is a monastery in , , . is situated 700 metres west of Heptapyrgion.
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is situated 430 metres south of Heptapyrgion.
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The of the Upper City in … is situated 1 km southwest of Heptapyrgion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agios Pavlos and Upper Town.
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is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban…
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or Ano Poli is the old town of …
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Sykies or Sykeai is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban…

Heptapyrgion

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Latitude
40.64422° or 40° 38′ 39″ north
Longitude
22.96204° or 22° 57′ 43″ east
Open location code
8GG4JXV6+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 978511541
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6779080
Wiki­data ID
Q1572213

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Heptapyrgion” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Еди куле”
  • Bulgarian: “Едикуле”
  • Bulgarian: “Ептапиргио”
  • Chinese: “七塔堡壘”
  • Dutch: “Heptapyrgion”
  • Finnish: “Heptapyrgion”
  • French: “Heptapyrgion”
  • German: “Heptapyrgion”
  • Greek: “Éitafýgion”
  • Greek: “Eptapýrgio”
  • Greek: “Eptapýrgion”
  • Greek: “Επταπύργιο”
  • Greek: “Επταπύργιον”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת אפטפיריגיון”
  • Hindi: “एप्तापिर्योन”
  • Macedonian: “Еди-куле”
  • Russian: “Гептапиргий”
  • Spanish: “Heptapirgion”
  • Spanish: “Heptapirgión”
  • Turkish: “Yedikule”
  • Ukrainian: “Гептапіргіон”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця семи веж”

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