Lycosura
Lycosura was a city in the ancient Parrhasia region of south Arcadia said by Pausanias to be the oldest city in the world, although there is no evidence for its existence before the fourth century BC.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of 559 metres (1,834 feet)
- …is also known as “Lykosoura”
- Description: ancient city of Arcadia, Greece
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lykosoura and Isaris.
Kastanochóri
Village
Kastanochori is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece. Kastanochóri is situated 3 km north of Lycosura.
Lycosura
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Latitude
37.38904° or 37° 23′ 21″ north
Longitude
22.02984° or 22° 1′ 47″ east
Open location code
8G9492QH+JW
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Lycosura” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Лйкосоура”
- Catalan: “Licosura”
- Catalan: “Lycosura”
- Cebuano: “Lykosoura”
- Chinese: “吕科苏拉”
- Chinese: “呂科蘇拉”
- Chinese: “呂諾蘇剌”
- Dutch: “Lycosura”
- Finnish: “Lykosura”
- French: “Lycosoura”
- French: “Lycosura”
- German: “Lykosoura”
- German: “Lykosura”
- Greek: “Λυκόσουρα”
- Italian: “Licosura”
- Japanese: “リュコシュラ”
- Japanese: “リュコスラ”
- Macedonian: “Ликосура”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lykosura”
- Norwegian: “Lykosura”
- Romanian: “Lycosura”
- Romanian: “Lykosoura”
- Russian: “Ликосура”
- Spanish: “Licosura”
- Swedish: “Lykosura”
- Turkish: “Lycosura”
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