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Amfipoli

Amphipolis

Amphipolis was an important ancient Greek polis, and later a Roman city, whose large remains can still be seen. It gave its name to the modern municipality of , in the of .
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  • Type: Village with 213 residents
  • Description: ancient city of Macedonia, Greece
  • Also known as: “Amfipolis”, “Neokhori”, and “Neokhórion”
  • Postal code: 62052

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Amphipolis and Kasta Tomb.

Museum
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The Archaeological is a in , , . It is located in the archaeological site of ancient Amphipolis, near River Strymon at close range of the – national highway and within the walls of the ancient city itself.

The , also known as the Amphipolis Tomb, is the largest ancient tumulus ever discovered in Greece, and by comparison dwarfs that of Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, in .

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nea Kerdylia and Kato Kerdylio.

Village
is a village in the . It is located on the national road Thessaloniki - Alexandroupolis and is 50 km away from , 70 km from . is situated 3½ km south of Amphipolis.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 3½ km west of Amphipolis.

Amphipolis

Latitude
40.8253° or 40° 49′ 31″ north
Longitude
23.8446° or 23° 50′ 41″ east
Population
213
Elevation
77 metres (253 feet)
Open location code
8GG5RRGV+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 296902301
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
736893
Wiki­data ID
Q217414
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Wolof—“Amphipolis” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Αμφίπολις”
  • Arabic: “أمفيبوليس”
  • Belarusian: “Амфіпаліс”
  • Belarusian: “Амфіпаль”
  • Breton: “Amfipolis”
  • Bulgarian: “Амфиполис”
  • Catalan: “Amfípolis”
  • Catalan: “Amphipolis”
  • Catalan: “Ennea Hodoi”
  • Cebuano: “Amfípoli”
  • Chinese: “安菲波利斯”
  • Croatian: “Amfipol”
  • Czech: “Amfipoli”
  • Danish: “Amfipolis”
  • Danish: “Amphipolis”
  • Dutch: “Amfipolis”
  • Dutch: “Amphipolis”
  • Esperanto: “Amfipolis”
  • Finnish: “Amfipolis”
  • French: “Amphipolis”
  • Georgian: “ამფიპოლისი”
  • German: “Amphipolis”
  • German: “Amphypolis”
  • Greek: “Amfípoli”
  • Greek: “Αμφίπολη”
  • Greek: “Αμφίπολις Σερρών”
  • Hebrew: “אמפיפוליס”
  • Hungarian: “Amphipolisz”
  • Italian: “Amfipoli”
  • Italian: “Amphipolis”
  • Italian: “Anfipoli”
  • Italian: “Anphipolis”
  • Japanese: “アンピポリス”
  • Japanese: “アンフィポリ”
  • Japanese: “アンフィポリス”
  • Korean: “암피폴리스”
  • Latin: “Amphipolis”
  • Latvian: “Amfipole”
  • Macedonian: “Амфипол”
  • Macedonian: “Амфиполис”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amfipolis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amfípoli”
  • Norwegian: “Amfipolis”
  • Persian: “آمفیپولیس”
  • Persian: “امفیپولیس”
  • Polish: “Amfipolis”
  • Portuguese: “Anfípolis”
  • Romanian: “Amfipolis”
  • Russian: “Амфиполис”
  • Russian: “Амфиполь”
  • Serbian: “Амфиполис”
  • Serbian: “Амфипољ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Amfipolis”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Amfipolj”
  • Slovenian: “Amfipol”
  • Spanish: “Anfipolis”
  • Spanish: “Anfípolis”
  • Swahili: “Amfipoli”
  • Swedish: “Amfipolis”
  • Swedish: “Amphipolis”
  • Tajik: “Амфиполис”
  • Tajik: “Амфипулис”
  • Tajik: “Омфипулис”
  • Tamil: “ஆம்ப்பிபோலிஸ்”
  • Turkish: “Amfipolis”
  • Turkish: “Amphipolis”
  • Ukrainian: “Амфіполі”
  • Ukrainian: “Амфіполіс”
  • Ukrainian: “Амфіполь”
  • Urdu: “امفپلس”
  • Vietnamese: “Amfipoli”
  • Wolof: “Amfipolis”

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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 “Amphipolis”. Photo: Marsyas, CC BY-SA 3.0.