West Greece
Achaea
Kalavryta

Leontium

Leontium or Leontion was a town and polis of ancient Achaea. It was not originally one of the twelve Achaean cities, though it afterwards became so, succeeding to the place of Rhypes.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city of Achaea
  • Also known as: “Leontion” and “Leontion (Kastritsi)”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kato Vlasia and Metochi.

Village
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is a mountain village and a community in the municipality of , , . The community consists of the villages , Menychtaiika and Metochi. is situated 2½ km south of Leontium.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km south of Leontium.

Village
Photo: Giorgos P., CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mountain village in the municipality of , , . It is situated at about 900 m elevation. near the source of the river , east of the highest summit of . is situated 3½ km south of Leontium.

Leontium

Latitude
38.03028° or 38° 1′ 49″ north
Longitude
21.91314° or 21° 54′ 47″ east
Open location code
8GC32WJ7+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11067032416
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q56761380
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Satellite Map

Discover Leontium from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Leontium” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Leòntion”
  • Finnish: “Leontion (kaupunki)”
  • Finnish: “Leontion”
  • French: “Léontion”
  • German: “Leontion”
  • Greek: “Aρχαίο Λεόντιο”
  • Greek: “Λεόντιον”
  • Spanish: “Leontio”
  • Turkish: “Leontium”

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Highlights include Monastery of Saint Nicholas Vlasias and Kastro.

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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 “Leontium”. Photo: Koppi2, GFDL.