Dodona
Dodona in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the 2nd millennium BCE according to Herodotus. The earliest accounts in Homer describe Dodona as an oracle of Zeus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Marcus Cyron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ancient Theater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Episkopiko and Pedini.
Episkopiko
Village
Episkopiko is a village in northwest Greece near the city of Ioannina. Since 2010, it is part of the municipality Dodoni. The village was referred by the English historian William Martin Leake, in 1805. Episkopiko is situated 6 km east of Dodona.
Pedini
Village
Pedini is a village in the municipal unit of Bizani, Ioannina regional unit, Greece. In 2021 its population was 2,605. Between 1997 and 2010, it was the seat of the municipality Bizani. It lies 8 km south of the city centre of Ioannina, near the A2 motorway. Pedini is situated 8 km northeast of Dodona.
Tyria
Village
Photo: Ristin.9, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyria is a village, which is situated 8 km west of Dodona.
Dodona
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient Greek sanctuary and oracle
- Categories: archaeological site, oracle, polis, hieron, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Dodoni, Ioannina, Epirus, Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.54687° or 39° 32′ 49″ northLongitude
20.7875° or 20° 47′ 15″ eastElevation
638 metres (2,093 feet)Operator
ΙΒ΄ Εφορεία Προϊστορικών και Κλασικών ΑρχαιοτήτωνOpen location code
8GF2GQWP+PXOpenStreetMap ID
way 304159533OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Dodona” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Dodona”
- Basque: “Dodona”
- Bulgarian: “Додона”
- Catalan: “Dodona”
- Chinese: “多多納”
- Chinese: “多多纳”
- Czech: “Dodóna”
- Czech: “Dódóna”
- Czech: “Dódóné”
- Dutch: “Dodona”
- Esperanto: “Dodona”
- Estonian: “Dodona”
- Estonian: “Dodone”
- Estonian: “Dodóni”
- Finnish: “Dodona”
- French: “Dodone”
- French: “sanctuaire de Dodone”
- Galician: “Dodona”
- German: “Dodona”
- German: “Dodoni”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Δωδώνη”
- Greek: “Δωδώνη”
- Hebrew: “דודונה”
- Hungarian: “Dodona”
- Italian: “Dodona”
- Japanese: “ドードーナ”
- Japanese: “ドドナ”
- Latin: “Dodona”
- Macedonian: “Додона”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oraklet i Dodona”
- Norwegian: “Oraklet i Dodona”
- Persian: “دودونا”
- Polish: “Dodona”
- Portuguese: “Dodona”
- Portuguese: “Sítio arqueológico de Dodona”
- Romanian: “Dodona”
- Russian: “Додона”
- Russian: “Додонский оракул”
- Russian: “Театр Пирра”
- Slovak: “Dodona”
- Slovenian: “Dodona”
- Spanish: “Dodona”
- Spanish: “Dódona”
- Swedish: “Dodona”
- Turkish: “Dodona (Güney Epir)”
- Turkish: “Dodona”
- Ukrainian: “Додона”
- Vietnamese: “Dodona”
- Waray (Philippines): “Dodona”
- Welsh: “Dodona”
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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 “Dodona”. Photo: Marcus Cyron, CC BY-SA 3.0.