Stoa

A stoa, in ancient Greek architecture, is a covered walkway or portico, commonly for public use. Early stoas were open at the entrance with columns, usually of the Doric order, lining the side of a building; they created a safe, enveloping, protective atmosphere.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: ancient Greek covered walkway or portico
  • Also known as: “stoa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ancient Kamiros.

Photo: Thanasis Christodoulou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Camirus or Kamiros or Cameirus or Kameiros was a city of ancient Rhodes, in the , . Its site is on the northwest coast of the island, 3 kilometres west of the modern village of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kalavarda and Salakos.

Village
is a small town in the island of , with a population of 514. It is about 28 kilometers from the island's capital, , and about 52 kilometers from the city . is situated 2½ km east of Stoa.

Village
is a village of 500 people on the west side of Island. It is 40 km from the capital town and 7 km from the North West coast. The village is located on the hills of Mount Prophitis Ilias. is situated 5 km south of Stoa.

West along the coast road of is the village of , just west of Soroni, with a picturesque harbour and a flat isolated beach with tamarisk trees for some natural shade.

Stoa

Latitude
36.33528° or 36° 20′ 7″ north
Longitude
27.92101° or 27° 55′ 16″ east
Open location code
8G898WPC+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3504830255
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q327328
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Stoa” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “στοά”
  • Arabic: “ستوى”
  • Armenian: “Ստոա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Stoa”
  • Basque: “Estoa”
  • Basque: “Stoa”
  • Belarusian: “стоя”
  • Belarusian: “Стоя”
  • Bulgarian: “Стоа”
  • Catalan: “estoa”
  • Catalan: “Estoa”
  • Catalan: “Stoa”
  • Catalan: “Stoá”
  • Chinese: “希腊式柱廊”
  • Chinese: “柱廊”
  • Croatian: “Stoa”
  • Danish: “Stoa”
  • Dutch: “Stoa (bouwkunde)”
  • Dutch: “stoa”
  • Dutch: “Stoa”
  • Estonian: “Stoa”
  • Finnish: “stoa”
  • Finnish: “Stoa”
  • French: “stoa”
  • French: “Stoa”
  • Galician: “Stoá”
  • Georgian: “სტოა”
  • German: “stoa”
  • German: “Stoa”
  • German: “stoae”
  • German: “stoai”
  • German: “stoas”
  • Greek: “αρχαία ελληνική στοά”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία ελληνική στοά”
  • Greek: “αρχαία στοά”
  • Greek: “στοά”
  • Hebrew: “סטואה”
  • Hungarian: “sztoa”
  • Hungarian: “Sztoa”
  • Italian: “stoa”
  • Italian: “stoà”
  • Italian: “Stoà”
  • Italian: “stoai”
  • Japanese: “柱廊”
  • Korean: “스토아”
  • Latin: “Stoa”
  • Latvian: “Stoja”
  • Macedonian: “Стоа”
  • Malay: “Stoa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “stoa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stoaen”
  • Norwegian: “Stoa”
  • Polish: “stoa”
  • Polish: “Stoa”
  • Portuguese: “Estoa”
  • Portuguese: “stoa”
  • Romanian: “Stoa”
  • Russian: “стоа”
  • Russian: “Стоа”
  • Russian: “стоя”
  • Serbian: “Stoa”
  • Serbian: “стоа”
  • Serbian: “Стоа”
  • Serbian: “Стое”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stoa”
  • Slovenian: “stoa”
  • Slovenian: “Stoa”
  • Spanish: “estoa”
  • Spanish: “Estoa”
  • Spanish: “stoa”
  • Swedish: “Stoa”
  • Thai: “สโตอา”
  • Turkish: “stoa”
  • Turkish: “Stoa”
  • Ukrainian: “стоа”
  • Ukrainian: “Стоя”
  • Urdu: “ستوا”

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