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Onchestos

Onchestos or Onchestus was a Greek town in ancient Boeotia northwest of . In ancient times it was famous for its sanctuary of Poseidon. The site has been excavated intermittently since the 1960s.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city in Boeotia
  • Also known as: “Onchestus”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aliartos.

Railway station
railway station is a railway station in , Boeotia, Greece. The station opened on 8 March 1904, along with the rest of the line. It is served by Intercity trains between Athens and Thessaloniki and by Regional and Express trains to Kalampaka. is situated 3½ km northwest of Onchestos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aliartos and Thespiae.

Town
Photo: Costas78, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small town and former municipality in the regional unit, Greece, at 109 kilometres from and about 18 kilometres west of . is situated 4 km west of Onchestos.

Village
Thespies is a village in , . A former municipality, which included the village, shared the same name. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aliartos-Thespies, of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 6 km south of Onchestos.

Village
is a town in the municipal unit of in , . is situated 6 km south of Onchestos.

Onchestos

Latitude
38.35911° or 38° 21′ 33″ north
Longitude
23.14436° or 23° 8′ 40″ east
Open location code
8GC5945V+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5591057218
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q3063303
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Onchestos” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Onquest”
  • Catalan: “Onquestos”
  • French: “Oncheste”
  • French: “Onchestos”
  • German: “Onchestos”
  • Greek: “Ογχηστός”
  • Ido: “Onhestos (urbo)”
  • Ido: “Onhestos”
  • Italian: “Oncesto”
  • Italian: “Onchesto”
  • Russian: “Онхест”
  • Spanish: “Onquesto”
  • Turkish: “Onchestus”
  • Ukrainian: “Онхест Беотійський”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ναός Ογχηστίου Ποσειδώνα and Onchestos.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Onchestos”. Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 4.0.