Ηρακλείτσα

Ηρακλείτσα is a locality in Amfipoli, Sérres, Central Macedonia. Ηρακλείτσα is situated nearby to the village Nea Kerdylia, as well as near the hamlet Sykia.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Struma River and Lion of Amphipolis.

Struma River

River

Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Struma or Strymonas is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. Its ancient name was Strymon. Its drainage area is 17,330 km in North Macedonia and Serbia. It takes its source from the Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria, runs first westward, then southward, forming a number of gorges, enters Greece near the village of Promachonas in eastern Macedonia.

Lion of Amphipolis

Monument

Photo: Kkonstan, CC BY 3.0.

The Lion of Amphipolis is a 4th-century BC tomb sculpture near Amphipolis, Macedonia, northern Greece. According to Oscar Broneer and archaeologist Dimitris Lazaridis, the first person excavating in the area in the 1960s, it was set up in honour of Laomedon of Mytilene, an important general of Alexander the Great, king of Macedon.

Macedonian Tomb I, Argilos

Archaeological site

Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Macedonian Tomb I, Argilos is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nea Kerdylia and Amphipolis.

Nea Kerdylia

Village

Nea Kerdylia is a village in the municipality of Amphipolis, in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is located on the national road Thessaloniki - Alexandroupolis and is 50 km away from Nigrita, 70 km from Serres.

Amphipolis

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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 Amphipoli, in the Serres regional unit of Northern Greece.