Ancient Stadium
Ancient Stadium is an archaeological site in Kos, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands. Ancient Stadium is situated nearby to the historic building Atik Mosque, as well as near the archaeological site Northern Baths.Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Kos and Plane tree of Hippocrates.
Archaeological Museum of Kos
Museum
Photo: Mickapr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Archaeological Museum of Kos is situated 280 metres east of Ancient Stadium.
Plane tree of Hippocrates
Photo: Stevenfruitsmaak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tree of Hippocrates is the plane tree under which, according to legend, Hippocrates of Kos taught his pupils the art of medicine. Paul of Tarsus purportedly taught here as well. Plane tree of Hippocrates is situated 510 metres east of Ancient Stadium.
Defterdar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Asurnipal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Defterdar Ibrahim Pasha Mosque is a mosque on the island of Kos, in the South Aegean region of Greece. Built in the 18th century, during the Ottoman-era, the mosque serves the Muslim community of Kos, as one of the two out of the five Ottoman mosques to be still operational and open for worship on Kos, the other being the Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque. Defterdar Mosque is situated 310 metres east of Ancient Stadium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kos and Kos Asklepieion.
Kos
Kos is a popular tourist destination in the Greek islands of the Dodecanese, located in the south-eastern part of the Aegean Sea, near the Turkish coast.
Kos Asklepieion
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Temple of Asclepius or Asclepieion of Kos was one of the most famous temples dedicated to Asclepius in the ancient world. The archeologist Rudolf Herzog, grandfather of Werner Herzog excavated it in 1902, as the latter recounted in conversation with Paul Holdengräber. Kos Asklepieion is situated 3 km southwest of Ancient Stadium.
Zipari
Town
Photo: Karelj, Public domain.
Zipari is a town, which is situated 7 km west of Ancient Stadium.
Ancient Stadium
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Ancient stadium of Kos”
- Categories: Ancient Greek stadium, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kos, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.89352° or 36° 53′ 37″ northLongitude
27.28538° or 27° 17′ 7″ eastOpen location code
8G89V7VP+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3070166740OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q16331589
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Turkish—“Ancient Stadium” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Kosin stadion”
- French: “stade antique de Kos”
- French: “Stade antique de Kos”
- German: “Antikes Stadion von Kos”
- Greek: “Αρχαίο στάδιο Κω”
- Greek: “Αρχαίο Στάδιο Κω”
- Turkish: “Antik Kos Stadyumu”
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