Stymfalos
Stymphalus or Stymphalos was a town in the northeast of ancient Arcadia.Photo: ulrichstill, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city in Arcadia
- Also known as: “Mint of Stymphalus”, “Stimfalia”, “Stymfalia”, “Stymphala”, “Stymphalos”, “Stymphalum”, “Stymphalus”, “Stymphelon”, “Stymphelos”, “Stymphelum”, and “Stymphelus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zaraka’s monastery.
Zaraka’s monastery
Archaeological site
Photo: Alfred Pimble, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zaraka Monastery is a ruined Frankish abbey near Stymfalia, in the Peloponnese, in Greece. It was built about a kilometre from the shores of Lake Stymphalia, the site of the ancient city of Stymphalus, during the "Frankokratia", i.e. the occupation of parts… Zaraka’s monastery is situated 1 km north of Stymfalos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stymphalia and Drosopigi.
Stymphalia
Village
Photo: ulrichstill, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Stymfalia is a village and a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has formed part of the municipality of Sikyona, of which it is a municipal unit.
Drosopigi
Village
Photo: FilipposTrains, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Drosopigi is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Stymfalos.
Kalianoi
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kalianoi is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Stymfalos.
Stymfalos
- Categories: ancient city, polis, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sikyona, Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.85855° or 37° 51′ 31″ northLongitude
22.45757° or 22° 27′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8G94VF55+C2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1802518503OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q2359730
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Stymfalos” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Στύμφαλος”
- Catalan: “Estimfal”
- Esperanto: “Stimfalo”
- Finnish: “Stymfalos”
- German: “Stymphalischer See”
- German: “Stymphalos”
- German: “Stymphalus”
- Greek: “Στύμφαλος”
- Greek: “Στύμφηλον”
- Greek: “Στύμφηλος”
- Hebrew: “סטימפאלוס”
- Italian: “Stinfalo”
- Japanese: “ステュムパーロス”
- Japanese: “ステュムパロス”
- Latin: “Stymphalus”
- Romanian: “Stimfal”
- Russian: “Стимфал”
- Spanish: “Estinfalo”
- Spanish: “Estínfalo”
- Turkish: “Stymphalus”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Archaeological site of Stymfalos and Environment museum of Stymphalia.
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