Archaeological Museum of Dion
The Archaeological Museum of Dion is a museum in Dion in the Pieria regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. The museum was established in 1983 to display excavations unearthed in the area from a fortified city that once stood in its place from the 6th century BC to the 5th century AD.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: archaeological museum in Central Macedonia, Greece.
- Also known as: “Dion archaeological museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hellenistic theatre and Archaeological Park of Dion.
Hellenistic theatre
Ruins
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The largest building of the Archaeological Park of Dion in northern Greece is the Hellenistic-era theatre. It is located in the south of the village of Dion, Pieria and is often used during the summer for performances of the Olympus Festival. Hellenistic theatre is situated 440 metres northeast of Archaeological Museum of Dion.
Archaeological Park of Dion
Photo: Juergen-Olymp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Park of Dion is the most important archaeological site at Mount Olympus in Greece, located in Dion. In the area comprised by the Archaeological Park of Dion, sanctuaries were found from the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Archaeological Park of Dion is situated 680 metres northeast of Archaeological Museum of Dion.
Roman Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roman Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 710 metres east of Archaeological Museum of Dion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dion and Platanakia.
Dion
Village
Dion is a village and municipal unit in the municipality of Dion-Olympos in the Pieria regional unit, Greece. It is located at the foot of Mount Olympus at a distance of 17 km from the capital city of Katerini.
Platanakia
Village
Photo: Lemur12, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Platanakia is a settlement of the former municipality of Dion, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.
Karitsa
Town
Photo: Lemur12, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karitsa is a lowland Aromanian town of the former Municipality of Dio, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.
Archaeological Museum of Dion
- Categories: archaeological museum, Archaeological site in Greece, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Dio-Olympos, Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.1704° or 40° 10′ 14″ northLongitude
22.48731° or 22° 29′ 14″ eastElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
8GG45FCP+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 269295700OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Archaeological Museum of Dion” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Дионски археологически музей”
- Chinese: “迪翁考古博物館”
- Finnish: “Díon arkeologinen museo”
- French: “Musée archéologique de Dion”
- Georgian: “დიონის არქეოლოგიური მუზეუმი”
- German: “Archäologisches Museum Dion”
- Greek: “Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δίου”
- Indonesian: “Museum Arkeologi Dion”
- Italian: “Museo archeologico di Dion”
- Japanese: “ディオン考古学博物館”
- Russian: “Археологический музей Диона”
- Spanish: “Museo Arqueológico de Díon”
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