Mende
Mende, also Mendae or Mendai, or Menda, or Mendis, was an ancient Greek city located on the western coast of the Pallene peninsula in Chalkidiki, facing the coast of Pieria across the narrow Thermaic Gulf and near the modern town of Kalandra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient Greek city
- Also known as: “Ancient Mende”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalandra and Possidi.
Kalandra
Village
Kalandra is a small town on Kassandra, the westernmost peninsula of Chalkidiki, Greece. In ancient Greece it was the site of the town of Mende, one of the many colonies in Chalkidiki founded by Chalcis, the main city on the island of Euboia.
Possidi
Photo: Antidiskriminator, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Possidi is a sea resort in Kassandra peninsula, the first "leg" of Chalkidiki, Greece. A visit to Possidi can be a memorable experience, as you are in front of the sea and under the beautiful pine hills.
Fourka
Village
Photo: Antidiskriminator, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fourka is a village, which is situated 4½ km north of Mende.
Mende
- Categories: ancient city, polis, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.96378° or 39° 57′ 50″ northLongitude
23.42229° or 23° 25′ 20″ eastElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
8GF5XC7C+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 9880319907OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Mende” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Менде (античен град)”
- Bulgarian: “Менде”
- Catalan: “Mende de Pal·lene”
- Catalan: “Mendes de Palene”
- Dutch: “Mende”
- Finnish: “Mende”
- French: “Mendè”
- German: “Mende”
- Greek: “Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος Μένδης”
- Greek: “Μένδη”
- Hungarian: “Mende”
- Italian: “Mende”
- Japanese: “メンデ (カルキディケー)”
- Latin: “Mende (Chalcidice)”
- Latin: “Mende”
- Lithuanian: “Mendė”
- Polish: “Mende (Tracja)”
- Polish: “Mende”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mende”
- Spanish: “Mende”
- Turkish: “Mende”
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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 “Mende”. Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.