Tegea

Tegea was a settlement in ancient Arcadia, and it is also a former municipality in , , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality, of which it is a municipal unit with an area of 118.350 km2.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient polis and archaeological site in Peloponnese, Greece
  • Also known as: “Mint of Tegea”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Episkopi church at Tegea and Temple of Athena Alea.

Church
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Ruins
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was a sanctuary at Tegea in Ancient Greece, dedicated to Athena under the epithet Athena Alea; a syncretization between the Olympian goddess Athena and the local deity Alea. is situated 1¼ km southwest of Tegea.

Museum
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The is a in Tegea, , . is situated 1¼ km southwest of Tegea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stadio and Tegea.

Village
Photo: Αρκάς, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Αρκάς, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Platonasanto, CC0.
is a village.

Tegea

Latitude
37.46456° or 37° 27′ 52″ north
Longitude
22.42859° or 22° 25′ 43″ east
Open location code
8G94FC7H+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1286593835
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q645234
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Tegea” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تاجيا”
  • Basque: “Tegea”
  • Belarusian: “Тэгея”
  • Breton: “Tegea”
  • Bulgarian: “Тегея”
  • Catalan: “Tègea”
  • Cebuano: “Aléa”
  • Chinese: “帖該亞”
  • Chinese: “泰耶阿”
  • Czech: “Tegea”
  • Dutch: “Tegea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تاجيا”
  • Finnish: “Tegea”
  • Finnish: “Tegéa”
  • French: “Tégée”
  • Galician: “Texea”
  • German: “Tegea”
  • Greek: “Τεγέα”
  • Hebrew: “טגאה”
  • Hungarian: “Tegea”
  • Ido: “Tegea”
  • Indonesian: “Tegeia”
  • Italian: “Tegea”
  • Japanese: “テゲア”
  • Korean: “테게아”
  • Latin: “Tegea”
  • Latvian: “Tegeja”
  • Low German: “Tegea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tegea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tegéa”
  • Norwegian: “Tegea”
  • Polish: “Tegea”
  • Portuguese: “Tégea”
  • Russian: “Тегея”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tegeja”
  • Slovak: “Tegea”
  • Spanish: “Tegea”
  • Swedish: “Tegea”
  • Turkish: “Tegea”
  • Ukrainian: “Тегея”
  • Urdu: “ٹیگیا”
  • Welsh: “Tegea”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tegea Archaeological Park and Castle of Nykli.

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