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Anactorium

Anactorium or Anaktorion was a town in ancient Acarnania, situated on a promontory on the Ambraciot Gulf. On entering the Ambraciot Gulf from the Ionian Sea it was the first town in Acarnania after , from which it was distant 40 stadia, and which was in the territory of Anactorium.
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Photo: Apaleutos25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient town of Acarnania, Greece
  • Also known as: “Anaktorion” and “Αρχαίο Ανακτόριο”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vonitsa and Aktio.

Town
is a town in the northwestern part of in , seat of the municipality of . The beach town is situated on the south coast of the , and is dominated by a Venetian fortress on a hill. is situated 4 km east of Anactorium.

Hamlet
Photo: Spiros Baracos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km west of Anactorium.

Village
is a coastal settlement at the southernmost tip of the prefecture of in . It is approximately 6 km and is set in an agricultural area, but also has a busy harbour. is situated 7 km northwest of Anactorium.

Anactorium

Latitude
38.92125° or 38° 55′ 17″ north
Longitude
20.84165° or 20° 50′ 30″ east
Open location code
8GC2WRCR+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8247137037
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q12873561
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Anactorium” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Anactòrion”
  • Chinese: “阿纳克托里翁”
  • Finnish: “Anaktorion”
  • French: “Anaktórion”
  • German: “Anaktorion”
  • Greek: “Ανακτόριο”
  • Greek: “Ανακτόριον”
  • Italian: “Anattorio”
  • Japanese: “アナクトリオン”
  • Russian: “Анакторий”
  • Spanish: “Anactorio”
  • Tamil: “அனாக்டோரியம்”
  • Turkish: “Anactorium”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Αρχαίο Ανακτόριο and Άγιος Πέτρος.

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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 “Anactorium”. Photo: Apaleutos25, CC BY-SA 4.0.