Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great is a monument in Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia.- Type: Monument
- Description: public memorial in Greece
- Also known as: “Equestrian statue of Alexander the Great, Nea Roda”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Akanthos.
Akanthos
Archaeological site
Photo: Christaras A, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akanthos was an ancient Greek city on the Athos peninsula, on the narrow neck of land between the sacred mountain and the mainland, to the northwest of the Xerxes Canal. Akanthos is situated 2½ km west of Alexander the Great.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nea Roda and Ierissos.
Nea Roda
Village
Photo: Chryspan, Public domain.
Nea Roda is a village 115 km southeast of Thessaloniki, on the narrowest point of the Athos peninsula in the municipality of Stagira-Akanthos, Chalkidiki, Greece.
Ierissos
Photo: Αλέξανδρος, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ierissos is a small town on the east coast of the Akti peninsula in Chalkidiki, Greece. It is located 115 km from Thessaloniki, and 10 km from the border of the Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, or Mount Athos.
Ammouliani
Photo: Asybaris01, Public domain.
Ammouliani, also known as Amoliani, is an island in the Singitic Gulf in the Chalkidiki regional unit of northern Greece, about 120 km from Thessaloniki.
Alexander the Great
- Categories: equestrian statue and historic site
- Location: Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.38701° or 40° 23′ 13″ northLongitude
23.9142° or 23° 54′ 51″ eastOpen location code
8GG59WP7+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1527128678OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q116954343
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In Other Languages
From German to Romanian—“Alexander the Great” goes by many names.
- German: “Alexander der Große”
- Greek: “Έφιππος ανδριάντας του Μεγάλου Αλέξανδρου, Νέα Ρόδα”
- Greek: “Μέγας Αλέξανδρος”
- Romanian: “Alexandru cel Mare”
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