Atsicholos
Atsicholos is a mountain village in the municipal unit Gortyna, Arcadia, Greece. It is considered a traditional settlement which is situated on a mountain slope above the right bank of the river Lousios, near its confluence with the Alfeios.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gortys and Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Prodromos).
Gortys
Photo: George Ntekas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gortys, or Gortyna, was a town of ancient Arcadia in the district Cynuria, situated near the river Gortynius, also called Lusius nearer its sources, which was a tributary of the Alpheius, and was remarkable for the coldness of its waters.
Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Prodromos)
Monastery
Photo: Einer flog zu Weit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Prodromos) is situated 3 km northeast of Atsicholos.
Philosophou Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Einer flog zu Weit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Philosophou Monastery is situated 3½ km northeast of Atsicholos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vlachorraptis and Kryónero.
Vlachorraptis
Hamlet
Vlachorraptis is a village in western Arcadia, Greece. It is the only village in the community Marathas. It is situated on a hill above the right bank of the river Alfeios, at about 650 m elevation.
Kryónero
Village
Sarakini is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Gortyna, western Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on a hill above the right bank of the river Alfeios, at about 450 m elevation. Kryónero is situated 3½ km northwest of Atsicholos.
Markou
Village
Photo: Panathas023, Public domain.
Markou is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Atsicholos.
Atsicholos
- Type: Village with 45 residents
- Description: village in Arcadia, Greece
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Megalopoli, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.5284° or 37° 31′ 42″ northLongitude
22.02827° or 22° 1′ 42″ eastPopulation
45Elevation
475 metres (1,558 feet)Open location code
8G94G2HH+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 1635675486OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
13191996Wikidata ID
Q3564812
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Romanian—“Atsicholos” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Atsicholos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اتسيتشولوس”
- French: “Atsícholos”
- German: “Atsicholos”
- Greek: “Ατσίχολος Αρκαδίας”
- Greek: “Ατσίχολος”
- Greek: “Ατσίχωλος”
- Romanian: “Atsicholos”
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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 “Atsicholos”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.