Camirus

Camirus or Kamiros or Cameirus or Kameiros was a city of ancient Rhodes, in the , . Its site is on the northwest coast of the island, 3 kilometres west of the modern village of .
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  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of 111 metres (364 feet)
  • Description: ancient Greek city
  • Also known as
    “Kameiros”
    “Kamiros”
    “Mint of Camirus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stoa.

Ruins
A , in ancient Greek architecture, is a covered walkway or portico, commonly for public use.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kalavarda and Salakos.

Village
is a small town in the island of , with a population of 514. is situated 2½ km east of Camirus.

Village
is a village of 500 people on the west side of Island. is situated 6 km south of Camirus.

West along the coast road of is the village…

Camirus

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Latitude
36.33619° or 36° 20′ 10″ north
Longitude
27.92216° or 27° 55′ 20″ east
Open location code
8G898WPC+FV
Geo­Names ID
7302601
Wiki­data ID
Q1231539

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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: “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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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kamiros and Ákra Ágios Minás.

Rhodes: Highlights

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