Central Macedonia
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Argilus

Argilus or Argilos was a city of ancient Macedonia in the district Bisaltia, between and Bromiscus. It was founded by a colony from . It appears from Herodotus to have been a little to the right of the route of the army of Xerxes I took in its invasion of Greece in the Greco-Persian Wars, and must therefore have been situated a little inland.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Macedonian Tomb I, Argilos and Struma River.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 620 metres east of Argilus.

River
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The Struma or Strymonas is a river in and . Its ancient name was Strymon. Its drainage area is 17,330 km in and . It takes its source from the in , runs first westward, then southward, forming a number of gorges, enters near the village of in eastern . is situated 3 km east of Argilus.

Monument
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The is a 4th-century BC tomb sculpture near , , . 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. is situated 3½ km northeast of Argilus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nea Kerdylia and Ano Kerdyliο.

Village
is a village in the . It is located on the national road Thessaloniki - Alexandroupolis and is 50 km away from , 70 km from . is situated 3 km northeast of Argilus.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 4 km northwest of Argilus.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 4½ km north of Argilus.

Argilus

Latitude
40.77947° or 40° 46′ 46″ north
Longitude
23.81577° or 23° 48′ 57″ east
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
8GG5QRH8+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 280269675
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11395543
Wiki­data ID
Q2861005
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Argilus” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Аргилос”
  • Catalan: “Argilos”
  • French: “Argilos”
  • German: “Argilos”
  • Greek: “Άργιλος”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Άργιλος”
  • Polish: “Argilos”
  • Russian: “Аргил”
  • Spanish: “Argilo”
  • Turkish: “Argilus”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Argilus”. Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 4.0.