Sestos
Sestos was an ancient city in Thrace. It was located at the Thracian Chersonese peninsula on the European coast of the Hellespont, opposite the ancient city of Abydos, and near the town of Eceabat in Turkey.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Mint of Sestos” and “Sestus”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yalova and Bigalı.
Yalova
Village
Yalova is a village in the Eceabat District of Çanakkale Province in Turkey. Its population is 239. Yalova is situated 3½ km north of Sestos.
Bigalı
Village
Bigalı is a village in the Eceabat District of Çanakkale Province in Turkey. Its population is 115. Bigalı is situated 5 km west of Sestos.
Kumköy
Village
Kumköy is a village in the Eceabat District of Çanakkale Province in Turkey. Its population is 305. Kumköy is situated 7 km north of Sestos.
Sestos
- Categories: human settlement, polis, heritage, former settlement, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Çanakkale Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.2327° or 40° 13′ 58″ northLongitude
26.42251° or 26° 25′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8GG86CMF+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 13669210899OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q593737
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Sestos” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σηστός”
- Basque: “Sestos”
- Belarusian: “Сест”
- Bulgarian: “Сестос”
- Catalan: “Sestos”
- Chinese: “塞司陀斯”
- Chinese: “塞斯托斯”
- Dutch: “Sestus”
- Finnish: “Sestos”
- French: “Sestos”
- German: “Sestos”
- Greek: “Σηστός”
- Hebrew: “ססטוס”
- Irish: “Sestos”
- Italian: “Sesto”
- Japanese: “セストス”
- Latin: “Sestus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sestos”
- Norwegian: “Sestos”
- Polish: “Sestos”
- Polish: “Sestus”
- Portuguese: “Sesto”
- Romanian: “Sestos”
- Russian: “Сест”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sest”
- Slovenian: “Sest”
- Spanish: “Sesto”
- Swedish: “Sestos”
- Thai: “เซสทอส”
- Turkish: “Sestos”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Akbaş Martyrs‘ Cemetery, Eceabat and Akbaş Castle.
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