Camirus
Camirus or Kamiros or Cameirus or Kameiros was a city of ancient Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Its site is on the northwest coast of the island, 3 kilometres west of the modern village of Kalavarda.Photo: Thanasis Christodoulou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient Greek city
- Also known as: “Ancient Kamiros”, “Kameiros”, “Kamiros”, and “Mint of Camirus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stoa.
Stoa
Ruins
A stoa, in ancient Greek architecture, is a covered walkway or portico, commonly for public use. Early stoas were open at the entrance with columns, usually of the Doric order, lining the side of a building; they created a safe, enveloping, protective atmosphere.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalavarda and Salakos.
Kalavarda
Village
Kalavarda is a small town in the island of Rhodes, Greece with a population of 514. It is about 28 kilometers from the island's capital, Rhodes, and about 52 kilometers from the city Lindos. Kalavarda is situated 2½ km east of Camirus.
Salakos
Village
Salakos is a village of 500 people on the west side of Rhodes Island. It is 40 km from the capital Rhodes town and 7 km from the North West coast. The village is located on the hills of Mount Prophitis Ilias. Salakos is situated 6 km south of Camirus.
Fanes
West along the coast road of Rhodes is the village of Fanes, just west of Soroni, with a picturesque harbour and a flat isolated beach with tamarisk trees for some natural shade.Camirus
- Categories: ancient city, archaeological site, polis, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Rhodes, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.336° or 36° 20′ 10″ northLongitude
27.92143° or 27° 55′ 17″ eastElevation
111 metres (364 feet)Operator
Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων ΔωδεκανήσουOpen location code
8G898WPC+9HOpenStreetMap ID
way 27666897OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Camirus” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Κάμειρος”
- Catalan: “Camir”
- Catalan: “Camiros”
- Chinese: “卡米羅斯”
- Czech: “Kamiros”
- Dutch: “Kameiros”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاميروس”
- Finnish: “Kameiros”
- Finnish: “Kamiros”
- Finnish: “Kámiros”
- French: “Camiros”
- French: “Kamiros”
- German: “Kameiros”
- German: “Kamiros”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Κάμειρος”
- Greek: “Κάμειρος”
- Greek: “Κάμιρος”
- Hebrew: “קמירוס”
- Italian: “Camiro”
- Italian: “Kameiros”
- Japanese: “カメイロス”
- Latin: “Camirus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kameiros”
- Norwegian: “Kameiros”
- Polish: “Kamejros”
- Portuguese: “Camiros”
- Russian: “Камир”
- Russian: “Камирос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kameiros”
- Spanish: “Camiros”
- Spanish: “Cámiros”
- Swedish: “Kameiros”
- Turkish: “Camirus”
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