Akanthos
Akanthos was an ancient Greek city on the Athos peninsula, on the narrow neck of land between the sacred mountain and the mainland, to the northwest of the Xerxes Canal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Christaras A, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient Greek city
- Also known as: “Acanthus”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ierissos and Nea Roda.
Ierissos
Photo: Αλέξανδρος, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ierissos is a small town on the east coast of the Akti peninsula in Chalkidiki, Greece. It is located 115 km from Thessaloniki, and 10 km from the border of the Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, or Mount Athos.
Nea Roda
Village
Photo: Chryspan, Public domain.
Nea Roda is a village 115 km southeast of Thessaloniki, on the narrowest point of the Athos peninsula in the municipality of Stagira-Akanthos, Chalkidiki, Greece. Nea Roda is situated 3½ km southeast of Akanthos.
Ammouliani
Photo: Asybaris01, Public domain.
Ammouliani, also known as Amoliani, is an island located in the Chalkidiki regional unit, Greece, 120 km from Thessaloniki. Administratively it is part of the municipal unit of Stagira-Akanthos.
Akanthos
- Categories: ancient city, polis, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.39473° or 40° 23′ 41″ northLongitude
23.88523° or 23° 53′ 7″ eastOperator
Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Χαλκιδικής και Αγίου ΌρουςOpen location code
8GG59VVP+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 296245448OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Akanthos” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Акант”
- Bulgarian: “Акантос”
- Catalan: “Acant”
- Cebuano: “Ierissós”
- Chinese: “阿坎索斯”
- Dutch: “Acanthus”
- Finnish: “Akanthos”
- French: “Acanthos”
- German: “Akanthos”
- Greek: “Άκανθος”
- Hebrew: “אקנתוס”
- Indonesian: “Akanthos (Yunani)”
- Indonesian: “Akanthos”
- Italian: “Acanto”
- Japanese: “アカントス”
- Latin: “Acanthus (Graecia)”
- Latin: “Acanthus”
- Polish: “Akanthos”
- Romanian: “Akanthos”
- Russian: “Аканф”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akant”
- Spanish: “Acanto”
- Turkish: “Acanthus”
- Ukrainian: “Акант”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Limani Ierissou and Nireas.
Nearby Places
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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 “Akanthos”. Photo: Christaras A, CC BY-SA 3.0.