Naxos
Naxos or Naxus was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia, presently situated in modern Giardini Naxos near Taormina on the east coast of Sicily. Much of the site has never been built on and parts have been excavated in recent years.Photo: Alun Salt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 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.
Vignazza Tower
Photo: Jeanne boleyn, Public domain.
Vignazza Tower is a 16th-century coastal watchtower in Giardini Naxos, Sicily, southern Italy. Today, the tower is in good condition.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taormina and Castelmola.
Taormina
Photo: Pjt56, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taormina is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century.
Castelmola
Village
Photo: Simone.tinella, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castelmola is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 170 kilometres east of Palermo and about 40 kilometres southwest of Messina. Castelmola is situated 4 km north of Naxos.
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia
Photo: Simone.tinella, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia is a city in the province of Catania on the north eastern slopes of Etna on the Ionian coast.
Naxos
- Categories: Greek colony, archaeological site, polis, archaeological park, museum of a public entity, and locality
- Location: Giardini Naxos, Messina, Sicily, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.82407° or 37° 49′ 27″ northLongitude
15.2694° or 15° 16′ 10″ eastPopulation
954Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
8F9QR7F9+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2810015297OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q1233293
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Satellite Map
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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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Notable Places Nearby
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