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Thyrium

Thyrium or Thyrion, or Thyreum or Thyreon, or Thurium or Thourion, or Thyrreium or Thyrreion, was a city in ancient Acarnania. Cicero tells us that in sailing from Alyzia to Leucas, he touched at Thyrium, where he remained two hours; and from this statement…
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient Greek city in Acarnania
  • Also known as: “Thyreum”, “Thyrion”, “Thyrreion”, and “Αρχαίο Θύρρειο”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drymos and Loutraki.

Village
, Aetolia-Acarnania is a settlement located in the municipality of , roughly between the cities of and . It is near the ancient town of Drymus. is situated 4½ km northeast of Thyrium.

Hamlet
is a seaside settlement in the of the regional unit of , . It has a very small resident population as most house owners are from the nearby village of , and use the area as their summer or seasonal residence, linked to the seasonal cultivation of olives, or earlier in the century of tobacco crops. is situated 8 km east of Thyrium.

Thyrium

Latitude
38.85325° or 38° 51′ 12″ north
Longitude
20.98755° or 20° 59′ 15″ east
Open location code
8GC2VX3Q+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8246788247
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q7799781
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Satellite Map

Discover Thyrium from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Thyrium” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Thurion”
  • Catalan: “Thyrreion”
  • Catalan: “Tirreu”
  • Greek: “Θύρρειο”
  • Japanese: “テュリオン”
  • Russian: “Фирий”
  • Russian: “Фурий”
  • Spanish: “Tirion”
  • Spanish: “Tirión”
  • Turkish: “Thyrium”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Koumoutsou and Νεκροταφείο Θυρίου.

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