Akr. Ritsos
Akr. Ritsos is a cape in Central Macedonia, Greece.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pyrgos Agios Nikolaos Sithonia (Ancient Singos?) and Ι.Ν. Αγ. Νικήτα.
Pyrgos Agios Nikolaos Sithonia (Ancient Singos?)
Archaeological site
Singus or Singos was a town of Sithonia in the Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia, upon the gulf to which it gave its name, the Singitic Gulf. It is cited by Herodotus as one of the cities, along with Assa, Pilorus and Sarta, located near Mount Athos, which Xerxes had ordered to open a channel through which his fleet passed.
Ναός Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου
Church
Photo: Andrew Zorin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ναός Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agios Nikolaos and Vourvourou.
Agios Nikolaos
Photo: W.Horseman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agios Nikolaos is a village of Chalkidiki, in the Sithonia peninsula with a permanent population of 2,500. Agios Nikolaos is 110 km from Thessaloniki, where Sithonia peninsula begins.
Vourvourou
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vourvourou is a village in Sithonia, Greece. Vourvourou is not a typical village: it has no square or history. Rather it is a 'strip' of shops, tavernas and rooms to rent, and is almost an exclusively seasonal area with few year-round residents.
Nikiti
Town
Photo: W.Horseman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nikiti is a village located 100 kilometers south-east of Thessaloniki on the Chalkidiki peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. It is the seat of both the municipal unit and municipality of Sithonia.
Akr. Ritsos
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.2372° or 40° 14′ 14″ northLongitude
23.7484° or 23° 44′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8GG56PPX+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 63586436OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From German to Greek—“Akr. Ritsos” goes by many names.
- German: “Akr. Ritsos”
- Greek: “Ακρ. Ρίτσος”
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