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.
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Photo: Christaras A, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient Greek city
  • Also known as: “Acanthus” and “Mint of Acanthus”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ierissos and Nea Roda.

Photo: Αλέξανδρος, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small town on the east coast of the Akti peninsula in , Greece. It is located 115 km from , and 10 km from the border of the Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, or .

Village
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is a village 115 km southeast of , on the narrowest point of the peninsula in the municipality of Stagira-Akanthos, , . is situated 3½ km southeast of Akanthos.

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, also known as Amoliani, is an island in the Singitic Gulf in the regional unit of northern , about 120 km from .

Akanthos

Latitude
40.39473° or 40° 23′ 41″ north
Longitude
23.88523° or 23° 53′ 7″ east
Operator
Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Χαλκιδικής και Αγίου Όρους
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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