Nea Amfipoli

Nea Amfipoli is a hamlet in Amfipoli, Sérres, Central Macedonia and has about 38 residents. Nea Amfipoli is situated nearby to the village Nea Kerdylia, as well as near the locality Ηρακλείτσα.

Type: Hamlet with 38 residents
Description: human settlement in Serres regional unit, Greece
Also known as: “Agios Nikolaos”
Postal code: 62052

Places of Interest

Highlights include Struma River and Museum of Amphipolis.

Struma River

River

Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Struma or Strymonas is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. Its ancient name was Strymon. Its drainage area is 17,330 km in North Macedonia and Serbia. It takes its source from the Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria, runs first westward, then southward, forming a number of gorges, enters Greece near the village of Promachonas in eastern Macedonia.

Museum of Amphipolis

Museum

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The Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis is a museum in Amphipolis, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is located in the archaeological site of ancient Amphipolis, near the River Strymon and close to the Thessaloniki–Kavala national highway and within the walls of the ancient city itself.

Lion of Amphipolis

Monument

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The Lion of Amphipolis is a 4th-century BC tomb sculpture near Amphipolis, Macedonia, northern Greece. According to Oscar Broneer and archaeologist Dimitris Lazaridis, the first person excavating in the area in the 1960s, it was set up in honour of Laomedon of Mytilene, an important general of Alexander the Great, king of Macedon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amphipolis and Nea Kerdylia.

Amphipolis

Photo: Marsyas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Amphipolis was an important ancient Greek polis, and later a Roman city, whose large remains can still be seen. It gave its name to the modern municipality of Amphipoli, in the Serres regional unit of Northern Greece.

Nea Kerdylia

Village

Nea Kerdylia is a village in the municipality of Amphipolis, in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is located on the national road Thessaloniki - Alexandroupolis and is 50 km away from Nigrita, 70 km from Serres.