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Maroneia

Maroneia is a village of 6,400 people in . Maroneia was one of the wealthiest towns of ancient world along with nearby Abdera and Mesimvria. Nowadays it's a village appreciated for its surrounding beaches.
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Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: city in ancient Thrace; archaeological site
  • Also known as: “Ancient Maroneia” and “Roman House”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ismarus and Ancient Theatre of Maronia.

Archaeological site
or Ismaros was a city of the Cicones, in ancient Thrace, mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey.

Theater building
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maroneia and Agios Charalampos.

Village
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and a former municipality in Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit.

Hamlet
Photo: DocWoKav, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Maroneia

Latitude
40.8801° or 40° 52′ 48″ north
Longitude
25.513° or 25° 30′ 47″ east
Operator
Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Ροδόπης
Open location code
8GG7VGJ7+26
Open­Street­Map ID
way 353420693
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q12874068
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Maroneia” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Maronea”
  • Finnish: “Maroneia (Traakia)”
  • Finnish: “Maroneia”
  • French: “Maronée”
  • German: “Maroneia”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Μαρώνεια Θράκης”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Μαρώνεια Ροδόπης”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Μαρώνεια”
  • Greek: “Ρωμαϊκή οικία”
  • Italian: “Maronea”
  • Turkish: “Antik Maroneia”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Maroneia”. Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.