Metapontum
Metapontum or Metapontium was an ancient city of Magna Graecia, the area of southern Italy colonized by Greeks. It was situated on the gulf of Tarentum between the river Bradanus and the Casuentus.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 13 metres (43 feet)
- Description: Greek colony of Magna Graecia
- Email: sba-bas.metapontomuseo@beniculturali.it
- Also known as“Mint of Metapontum”“Parco archeologico Metaponto”
Places of Interest Nearby
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Tavole Palatine
The Tavole Palatine are the remains of a hexastyle…
3½ km north of Metapontum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Metaponto and Marina di Ginosa.
Metaponto
Metaponto is a small town of about 1,000 people in the province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy.
Marina di Ginosa
Marina di Ginosa is a frazione of the municipality of Ginosa.
8 km northeast of Metapontum
Metapontum
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Latitude
40.3834° or 40° 23′ 0″ north
Longitude
16.82474° or 16° 49′ 29″ east
Open location code
8FGR9RMF+9V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Metapontum” goes by many names.
ΜεταπόντιονAncient Greek (to 1453)
ميتابنطيونArabic
ميتابونتوArabic
ՄետապոնտոArmenian
MetapontoBasque
МетапонтBelarusian
МетапонтBulgarian
МетапонтумBulgarian
MetapontCatalan
MetapontosCatalan
MetapontumCatalan
梅塔庞托Chinese
梅塔龐托Chinese
梅塔蓬图姆Chinese
梅塔蓬圖姆Chinese
梅达彭提翁Chinese
梅達彭提翁Chinese
米太旁登Chinese
麥特蓬托姆Chinese
麦特蓬托姆Chinese
MetapontoCroatian
MetapontionDanish
MetapontoDutch
MetapontumDutch
MetapontionFinnish
MetapontoGalician
ΜεταπόντιοGreek
MetapontumHausa
מאטאפונטוםHebrew
MetapontumHungarian
MetapontionIndonesian
MetapontiumIndonesian
MetapontumIndonesian
MetapontumIrish
Area archeologica di MetapontoItalian
Area urbana di MetapontoItalian
MetapontoItalian
MetapontumItalian
メタポントゥムJapanese
메타폰툼Korean
Metapontum (historical)Latin
MetapontaLatvian
MetapontNorwegian Bokmål
MetapontionNorwegian Bokmål
MetapontoNorwegian Bokmål
MetapontumNorwegian Bokmål
MetapontNorwegian Nynorsk
MetapontionNorwegian Nynorsk
MetapontoNorwegian Nynorsk
MetapontumNorwegian Nynorsk
متاپونتومPersian
MetapontPolish
MetapontionPolish
MetapontumRomanian
МетапонтRussian
MetapontuSicilian
MetapontSlovenian
MetapontionSwedish
MetapontoSwedish
MetapontumSwedish
МетапонтUkrainian
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