Claros
Claros was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia. It contained a temple and oracle of Apollo, honored here as Apollo Clarius. It was located in the territory of Colophon, which lay twelve kilometers to the north, one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League.Photo: Nikater, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient Greek sanctuary on Ionian coast
- Also known as: “Oracle of Claros”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Notion.
Notion
Photo: Jssfrk, Public domain.
Notion or Notium was a Greek city-state on the west coast of Anatolia; it is about 50 kilometers south of İzmir in modern Turkey, on the Gulf of Kuşadası. Notion is situated 1½ km south of Claros.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Özdere.
Özdere
Quarter
Photo: CherryX, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Özdere is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Menderes, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,499. It is a coastal settlement and resort town along the Aegean Sea coast. Özdere is situated 6 km west of Claros.
Claros
- Categories: human settlement, archaeological site, oracle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Menderes District, İzmir Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.0046° or 38° 0′ 17″ northLongitude
27.19289° or 27° 11′ 34″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
8GC9253V+R5OpenStreetMap ID
way 116238337OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
8410831Wikidata ID
Q1933754
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Claros” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Κλάρος”
- Bulgarian: “Кларос”
- Catalan: “oracle de Claros”
- Catalan: “Oracle de Claros”
- Chinese: “克拉罗斯”
- Chinese: “克拉羅斯 (古希臘)”
- Dutch: “Claros”
- Dutch: “Clarus”
- Dutch: “Klaros”
- Dutch: “Klarus”
- Dutch: “Orakel van Clarus”
- French: “Claros”
- German: “Klaros”
- Greek: “Κλάρος”
- Irish: “Claros”
- Italian: “Claros”
- Italian: “oracolo di Claro”
- Japanese: “クラロス”
- Korean: “클라로스”
- Latin: “Clarus”
- Luxembourgish: “Orakel vu Klaros”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Klaros”
- Norwegian: “Klaros”
- Persian: “کلاروس”
- Portuguese: “Claros”
- Russian: “Клар”
- Russian: “Кларий”
- Russian: “Кларос”
- Russian: “Кларосский”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Klaros”
- Spanish: “Claros”
- Turkish: “Claros”
- Turkish: “Klaros”
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