Ancient Pistyros

Pistyrus or Pistyros, or Pistirus or Pistiros, or Bistirus or Bistiros, also known as Pisteira, was an ancient Greek polis on the coast of Edonis, in ancient Thrace.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city and archaeological site in Greece
  • Also known as: “Pistyros” and “Pistyrus”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petropigi and Zarkadia.

Village
Photo: DocWoKav, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Ancient Pistyros.

Village
is a village and a community in the municipal unit of in the Kavala regional unit, . The community consists of the villages and Ekali. The community had a population of 596 during the 2021 census. is situated 7 km northeast of Ancient Pistyros.

Town
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is a resort village and a community of the in northern . Most of the inhabitants are descendants of Cappadocian Greeks who arrived from Karvali following the Greek-Turkish population exchange in 1924. is situated 7 km west of Ancient Pistyros.

Ancient Pistyros

Latitude
40.9715° or 40° 58′ 17″ north
Longitude
24.592° or 24° 35′ 31″ east
Open location code
8GG6XHCR+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1108100099
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1356251
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Ancient Pistyros” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Pístiros”
  • Dutch: “Pistyros”
  • German: “Pistyros”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Πίστυρος”
  • Spanish: “Pistiro”
  • Turkish: “Pistyros”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fortress of Petropigi and Κάστρο Ακοντίσματος.

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