Attica
East Attica
Lavreotiki

Thorikos

Thorikos or Thoricus was a city, and later a deme in the southern portion of ancient Attica, one of the twelve original settlements that were united in the synoikismos attributed to Theseus to form Archaic Athens.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Athenian deme
  • Also known as: “Thoricus” and “Thorikon”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Theatre of Thorikos and Archaeological Museum of Lavrio.

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The , situated north of , was an ancient Greek theater in the demos of Thorikos in Attica, Greece. It holds the distinction of being the world's oldest known theater, dating back to its construction around 525–480 BC.

Museum
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is situated 2½ km south of Thorikos.

Museum
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Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion is a in Lavrion, , .) A brief history of the museum The Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion was inaugurated in 1986 through the efforts of the “Society for Lavrion region Studies”, a non-profit cultural… is situated 2½ km south of Thorikos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lavrio and Agios Konstantinos.

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is a town in the southeastern part of , , 54 km southeast of central and part of Athens metropolitan area.

Village
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is a village and a former community in , . Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality , which is a municipal unit. It was named after Saint Constantine. is situated 3½ km west of Thorikos.

Hamlet
Kato is a settlement in Southeastern under the administration of the Municipality of . The settlement is 36.7 miles from , 2.5 miles from , and 3 miles from . is situated 6 km south of Thorikos.

Thorikos

Latitude
37.73779° or 37° 44′ 16″ north
Longitude
24.05389° or 24° 3′ 14″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8G96P3Q3+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5888420988
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7324093
Wiki­data ID
Q353184
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Thorikos” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Thorikos”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Θορικος”
  • Azerbaijani: “Forik”
  • Catalan: “Theriko”
  • Catalan: “Tòricos”
  • Cebuano: “Thorikos (arkiyolohiyang dapit sa Gresya)”
  • Cebuano: “Thorikos”
  • Chinese: “索里科斯”
  • Chinese: “阿提卡托里科斯”
  • Dutch: “Thoricus”
  • Finnish: “Thorikos”
  • French: “Thoricus”
  • French: “Thorikós”
  • German: “Thorikos”
  • Greek: “Θορικό”
  • Greek: “Θορικός”
  • Italian: “Torico”
  • Japanese: “トリコス”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thorikos”
  • Norwegian: “Thorikos”
  • Russian: “Торик”
  • Russian: “Форик”
  • Russian: “Форикос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Torik”
  • Spanish: “Tórico”
  • Spanish: “Toricos”
  • Swedish: “Thorikos (fornlämning i Grekland)”
  • Swedish: “Thorikos”
  • Turkish: “Thorikos”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thorikos”. Photo: Alun Salt, CC BY-SA 2.0.