Akanthos

Akanthos was an ancient Greek city on the peninsula, on the narrow neck of land between the sacred mountain and the mainland, to the northwest of the Xerxes Canal.
Wikipedia
Christaras A, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Archaeological site
  • …is operated by Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Χαλκιδικής και Αγίου Όρους
  • Description: ancient Greek city
  • Also known as
    “Acanthus”
    “Mint of Acanthus”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ierissos and Nea Roda.
Αλέξανδρος, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small town on the east coast of the Akti peninsula in , Greece.
Chryspan, Public domain.
is a village 115 km southeast… is situated 3½ km southeast of Akanthos.
Asybaris01, Public domain.
, also known as Amoliani, is an island…

Akanthos

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Latitude
40.39473° or 40° 23′ 41″ north
Longitude
23.88523° or 23° 53′ 7″ east
Open location code
8GG59VVP+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 296245448
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
12503888
Wiki­data ID
Q181109

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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”

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