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 , which lay twelve kilometers to the north, one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League.
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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.

Photo: Jssfrk, Public domain.
or Notium was a Greek city-state on the west coast of ; it is about 50 kilometers south of in modern , on the Gulf of . is situated 1½ km south of Claros.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Özdere.

Quarter
Photo: CherryX, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 1,499. It is a coastal settlement and resort town along the coast. is situated 6 km west of Claros.

Claros

Latitude
38.0046° or 38° 0′ 17″ north
Longitude
27.19289° or 27° 11′ 34″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8GC9253V+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 116238337
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8410831
Wiki­data 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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