Theatre of Thorikos

The Theatre of Thorikos, situated north of , was an ancient Greek theater in the demos of in Attica, Greece. It holds the distinction of being the world's oldest known theater, dating back to its construction around 525–480 BC.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: oldest Greek theater still standing, located in Thorikos, Greece
  • Also known as: “Theater of Thorikos”, “Theatre of Thoricus”, and “Thorikos Theatre”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thorikos and Archaeological Museum of Lavrio.

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or Thoricus was a city, and later a deme in the southern portion of ancient Attica, one of the twelve original settlements that were united in the synoikismos attributed to Theseus to form Archaic Athens.

Museum
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is situated 2½ km south of Theatre of Thorikos.

Museum
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Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion is a in Lavrion, , .) A brief history of the museum The Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion was inaugurated in 1986 through the efforts of the “Society for Lavrion region Studies”, a non-profit cultural… is situated 2½ km south of Theatre of Thorikos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lavrio and Agios Konstantinos.

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is a town in the southeastern part of , , 54 km southeast of central and part of Athens metropolitan area.

Village
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is a village and a former community in , . Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality , which is a municipal unit. It was named after Saint Constantine. is situated 3½ km west of Theatre of Thorikos.

Hamlet
Kato is a settlement in Southeastern under the administration of the Municipality of . The settlement is 36.7 miles from , 2.5 miles from , and 3 miles from . is situated 6 km south of Theatre of Thorikos.

Theatre of Thorikos

Latitude
37.73804° or 37° 44′ 17″ north
Longitude
24.05369° or 24° 3′ 13″ east
Open location code
8G96P3Q3+6F
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node 6307575059
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historic=­archaeological_site
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Wiki­data ID
Q46812956
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Welsh—“Theatre of Thorikos” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “থোরিকাস থিয়েটার”
  • Catalan: “Teatre de Tòricos”
  • Cebuano: “Teatro sa Thorikos”
  • Chinese: “索里科斯剧院”
  • Croatian: “Kazalište u Toriku”
  • Czech: “Divadlo v Toriku”
  • Danish: “Thorikos Teater”
  • Dutch: “Theater van Thorikos”
  • Esperanto: “Teatro de Thorikos”
  • Estonian: “Thorikose Teater”
  • Finnish: “Thorikoksen teatteri”
  • French: “Théâtre de Thorikós”
  • Galician: “Teatro de Thorikos”
  • German: “Theater von Thorikos”
  • Greek: “Αρχαίο Θέατρο Θορικού”
  • Greek: “Θέατρο Θορικού”
  • Greek: “Θέατρο του Θορικού”
  • Hawaiian: “Keaka o Thorikos”
  • Hungarian: “Thorikosz Színház”
  • Italian: “Teatro di Torico”
  • Korean: “토리코스 극장”
  • Lingala: “Théâtre ya Thoricos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Teatret i Thorikos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Teateret i Thorikos”
  • Norwegian: “Teatret i Thorikos”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Þorikos Wafungstow”
  • Papiamento: “Teatro di Thorikos”
  • Portuguese: “Teatro de Thorikos”
  • Romanian: “Teatrul din Thorikos”
  • Russian: “Театр Торикоса”
  • Serbian: “Торикосов Позориште”
  • Serbian: “Торикосово позориште”
  • Slovak: “Divadlo Thorikos”
  • Slovenian: “Gledališče Thorikos”
  • Spanish: “Teatro de Thorikos”
  • Spanish: “Teatro de Tórico”
  • Tagalog: “Teatro ng Thorikos”
  • Tagalog: “Wikipedia:Balangkas/Teatro ng Thorikos”
  • Turkish: “Thorikos Antik Tiyatrosu”
  • Ukrainian: “Театр Торікос”
  • Welsh: “Theatr Thorikos”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ancient Theatre of Thorikos and Θύμελη Βωμός Διονύσου.

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