Vergina

Vergina is a village in , built on top of Aigai, the ancient capital of Macedonia. Its royal tombs, filled with unlooted treasures, are a World Heritage Site; one tomb is said to be that of King Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, while another is believed to be the final resting place of Alexander IV, son of Alexander the Great.
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  • Village with about 1,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 180 metres (600 feet)
  • Description: village in Central Macedonia, Greece
  • Postal code: 59031
  • Also known as
    “Aigai”
    “Kútles”
    “Veria”
    “Veryína”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai and Aigai Palace.
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The is located…
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Vergina

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Latitude
40.4871° or 40° 29′ 14″ north
Longitude
22.3173° or 22° 19′ 2″ east
Open location code
8GG4F8P8+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 286502802
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
733901
Wiki­data ID
Q213916

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Vergina” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فيرغينا”
  • Armenian: “Վերգինա”
  • Asturian: “Vergina”
  • Belarusian: “Вергіна”
  • Bulgarian: “Барбеш”
  • Bulgarian: “Вергина”
  • Bulgarian: “Кутлеш”
  • Catalan: “Vergina”
  • Cebuano: “Vergína”
  • Chinese: “維吉納”
  • Chinese: “維爾吉納”
  • Chinese: “维吉纳”
  • Chinese: “维尔吉纳”
  • Croatian: “Aigai”
  • Croatian: “Vergina”
  • Czech: “Vergina”
  • Dutch: “Aegae”
  • Dutch: “Aigai”
  • Dutch: “Vergina”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيرجينا”
  • Finnish: “Aigai”
  • Finnish: “Vergina”
  • French: “Æges”
  • French: “Vergína”
  • Galician: “Vergina”
  • Georgian: “ვერგინა”
  • German: “Vergina”
  • Greek: “Vergína”
  • Greek: “Αιγαί”
  • Greek: “Βεργίνα Ημαθίας”
  • Greek: “Βεργίνα”
  • Hebrew: “ורגינה”
  • Hindi: “वर्जिना”
  • Hungarian: “Aegae”
  • Hungarian: “Aigai”
  • Hungarian: “Vergina”
  • Indonesian: “Vergina”
  • Irish: “Vergina”
  • Italian: “Aegae”
  • Italian: “Aigai”
  • Italian: “Ege”
  • Italian: “Verghina”
  • Italian: “Vergina”
  • Japanese: “アイガイ”
  • Japanese: “アイガイの古代遺跡”
  • Japanese: “ヴェルギナ”
  • Japanese: “ヴェルギナの古代遺跡”
  • Korean: “베르기나”
  • Latin: “Aegae”
  • Latvian: “Vergina (Grieķija)”
  • Latvian: “Vergina”
  • Macedonian: “Барбеш”
  • Macedonian: “Вергина”
  • Macedonian: “Кутлеш”
  • Marathi: “एजिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vergina”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vergína”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Verjína”
  • Norwegian: “Vergina”
  • Persian: “ورجینا”
  • Polish: “Vergina”
  • Polish: “Wergina”
  • Polish: “Werjina”
  • Portuguese: “Vergina”
  • Romanian: “Vergina”
  • Russian: “Вергина”
  • Serbian: “Vergina”
  • Serbian: “Вергина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kutleš”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vergina”
  • Slovak: “Vergina”
  • Slovenian: “Vergina”
  • Spanish: “Egas”
  • Spanish: “Vergina”
  • Swedish: “Vergina”
  • Tamil: “வெர்ஜினா”
  • Turkish: “Vergina”
  • Ukrainian: “Вергіна”
  • Ukrainian: “Верґіна”
  • Ukrainian: “Егес”
  • Ukrainian: “Егі”
  • Ukrainian: “Егія”
  • Urdu: “ورجینا”
  • Western Armenian: “Վերղինա”

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