Ambracia

Ambracia was a city of ancient Greece on the site of modern . It was founded by the in 625 BC and was situated about 11 km from the , on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos, in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city in Greece
  • Also known as: “Ambrakia, Greek Bath”, “Ampracie”, “Mint of Ambracia”, “Αμβρακία”, “Амбракиа”, “アムブラキア”, “安布拉基亚”, and “安布拉基亞”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Temple of Apollo and Church of the Parigoritissa.

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Church
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The or Paregoretissa… is situated 250 metres south of Ambracia.

Mosque
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The Feyzullah or Feyzul Mosque is a former … is situated 260 metres northwest of Ambracia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arta and Vlacherna.

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is a town in , which draws visitors…

Village
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is a village and a former municipality in the , , .

Village
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is a village.

Ambracia

Latitude
39.16101° or 39° 9′ 40″ north
Longitude
20.98382° or 20° 59′ 2″ east
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
8GF25X6M+CG
Geo­Names ID
9782012
Wiki­data ID
Q661559
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Ambracia” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ambrakia”
  • Arabic: “أمبراسيا”
  • Armenian: “Ամբրակիա”
  • Bulgarian: “Амбракия”
  • Catalan: “Ambràcia”
  • Cebuano: “Ambrakia”
  • Chinese: “阿姆巴西亚”
  • Chinese: “阿姆巴西亞”
  • Danish: “Ambrakia”
  • Dutch: “Ambracia”
  • Finnish: “Ambrakia”
  • French: “Ambracie”
  • German: “Ambrakia”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Αμβρακία”
  • Hebrew: “אמברקיה”
  • Hebrew: “אמפראקיה”
  • Hungarian: “Ambrakia”
  • Ido: “Ambrakia”
  • Italian: “Ambracia”
  • Japanese: “アンブラキア”
  • Latin: “Ambracia”
  • Polish: “Ambrakia”
  • Portuguese: “Ambrácia”
  • Romanian: “Ambracia”
  • Russian: “Амбракия”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ambrakija”
  • Spanish: “Ambracia”
  • Swedish: “Ambrakia”
  • Tamil: “அம்பிராசியா”
  • Turkish: “Ambracia”
  • Turkish: “Ambrakya”
  • Ukrainian: “Амбракія”

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