Leibethra
Leibethra or Libethra, in the modern pronunciation Leivithra, was an ancient Macedonian city at the foot of Mount Olympus, near the present settlement of Skotina.Photo: Juergen-Olymp, Copyrighted free use.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient Greek polis
- Also known as: “Leivithra” and “Λειβηθρα”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Assumption of Mary Church, Skotina.
Assumption of Mary Church, Skotina
Church
Photo: PLAKLE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Assumption of Mary Church, Skotina is situated 3½ km south of Leibethra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skotina and Ano Skotina.
Skotina
Village
Photo: Haneburger, CC0.
Skotina is a rural settlement of the former municipality of East Olympos, itself part of the municipality of Dion-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.
Ano Skotina
Village
Photo: PLAKLE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ano Skotina is an old settlement of the prefecture of Pieria. It is built on an altitude of 600 m on the southeastern side of Mount Olympus. It has hotels, taverns, restaurants, and offers every form of alternative tourism like mountain riding, climbing, hiking etc. Ano Skotina is situated 3½ km south of Leibethra.
Paralia Skotinas
Hamlet
Photo: Vericalshow, GFDL.
Paralia Skotinas is a seaside settlement which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is 6 κm from Leptokarya, 1 km from Paralia Panteleimonos and 1κm from Skotina. Paralia Skotinas is situated 4½ km east of Leibethra.
Leibethra
- Categories: ancient city, polis, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.02435° or 40° 1′ 28″ northLongitude
22.5343° or 22° 32′ 4″ eastOpen location code
8GG42GFM+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 9032742333OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1753318
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Armenian—“Leibethra” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Либетра”
- Catalan: “Libetra”
- Dutch: “Leibethra”
- Finnish: “Leibethra”
- Finnish: “Libethra”
- Finnish: “Libethron”
- French: “Leibèthres”
- French: “Libethra”
- German: “Leibethra”
- German: “Leivithra”
- German: “Livithra”
- Greek: “Λείβηθρα”
- Greek: “Λίβηθρα”
- Indonesian: “Leibethra”
- Italian: “Libetra”
- Italian: “Libetria”
- Russian: “Либетра”
- Russian: “Либетры”
- Russian: “Либефра”
- Spanish: “Libetra”
- Spanish: “Libetros”
- Turkish: “Leibethra”
- Western Armenian: “Լիվիթրա”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος Λειβήθρων and Αρχαιολογικό Πάρκο Λειβήθρων.
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