Naxos

Naxos or Naxus was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia, presently situated in modern near on the east coast of . Much of the site has never been built on and parts have been excavated in recent years.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 954 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Italy
  • Also known as: “Mint of Naxos” and “Schisò”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vignazza Tower and Monumento a Tysandros, vincitore a l’Olimpia.

Photo: Jeanne boleyn, Public domain.
is a 16th-century coastal watchtower in , , southern . Today, the tower is in good condition.

Monument
Photo: Danysan1, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Railway station
Photo: VincentLR, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taormina and Fiumefreddo di Sicilia.

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is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of , Italy. has been a tourist destination since the 19th century.

Photo: Simone.tinella, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in the province of on the north eastern slopes of Etna on the Ionian coast.

Village
is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the region , located about 170 kilometres east of and about 40 kilometres southwest of . is situated 10 km north of Naxos.

Naxos

Latitude
37.82407° or 37° 49′ 27″ north
Longitude
15.2694° or 15° 16′ 10″ east
Population
954
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8F9QR7F9+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2810015297
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q1233293
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Satellite Map

Discover Naxos from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Naxos” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Naxos”
  • Catalan: “Naxos”
  • Dutch: “Naxos”
  • Finnish: “Naksos”
  • Finnish: “Naxos”
  • French: “Naxos”
  • German: “Naxos”
  • Greek: “Νάξος Σικελίας”
  • Greek: “Νάξος”
  • Interlingua: “Naso”
  • Italian: “Naxos”
  • Japanese: “ナクソス”
  • Latin: “Naxos”
  • Latvian: “Naksa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Naxos”
  • Norwegian: “Naxos”
  • Portuguese: “Naxos”
  • Romanian: “Naxos, Sicilia”
  • Romanian: “Naxos”
  • Russian: “Наксос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Naksos”
  • Sicilian: “Naxos”
  • Spanish: “Naxos”
  • Swedish: “Naxos”
  • Ukrainian: “Наксос Сицилійський”
  • Ukrainian: “Наксос”

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