Thurii

Thurii, called also by some Latin writers Thūrium, and later in Roman times also Cōpia and Cōpiae, was an ancient Greek city situated on the , near or on the site of the great renowned city of , whose place it may be considered as having taken.
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Photo: Peter Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: city of Magna Graecia, situated on the Tarentine gulf
  • Also known as: “Mint of Thurium”, “Sybaris”, “Thuries”, “Thurium”, “Túrion”, “Turis”, “Túrium”, “トゥリ”, “トゥリイ”, “トゥリオイ”, “图里伊”, and “圖里伊”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sybaris and Roman Theatre of Sybaris.

Archaeological site
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was an important ancient Greek city situated… is situated 360 metres east of Thurii.

Ruins
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is a ruins, which is situated 160 metres southeast of Thurii.

Museum
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is situated 1 km north of Thurii.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sibari and Cantinella.

Village
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is an Italian frazione of the comune of Cassano allo Ionio. is situated 4½ km northwest of Thurii.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 7 km southwest of Thurii.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 8 km southeast of Thurii.

Thurii

Latitude
39.71686° or 39° 43′ 1″ north
Longitude
16.49009° or 16° 29′ 24″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8FFRPF8R+P2
Geo­Names ID
7910530
Wiki­data ID
Q602564
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Western Armenian—“Thurii” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Θούριοι”
  • Arabic: “ثيراي”
  • Armenian: “Թուրիի”
  • Asturian: “Thurii”
  • Belarusian: “Турыі”
  • Belarusian: “Фурыі”
  • Bulgarian: “Турии”
  • Catalan: “Túrios”
  • Chinese: “图利”
  • Chinese: “图里”
  • Chinese: “圖利 (古希臘)”
  • Chinese: “圖里”
  • Czech: “Thúrie”
  • Danish: “Thurioi”
  • Dutch: “Thurii”
  • Finnish: “Thurioi”
  • French: “Thourioï”
  • German: “Thurioi”
  • Greek: “Θούριοι”
  • Hebrew: “ת’וריאוי”
  • Indonesian: “Thurii”
  • Irish: “Thurii”
  • Italian: “Sibari”
  • Italian: “Thurii”
  • Japanese: “トゥリオ”
  • Korean: “투리이”
  • Latin: “Copiae” (historical)
  • Latin: “Thurii” (historical)
  • Luxembourgish: “Thurioi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thurioi”
  • Norwegian: “Thurioi”
  • Persian: “توریی”
  • Polish: “Turioj”
  • Portuguese: “Túrio”
  • Russian: “Фурии”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Turij”
  • Slovenian: “Turioi”
  • Spanish: “Turios”
  • Swedish: “Thurioi”
  • Turkish: “Thurii”
  • Western Armenian: “Թուրյի”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Permuta and Ministalla III.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Il Borghetto Sibari and Villaggio Raganello.

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