Ifestia
Hephaestia and Hephaistia, or Hephaestias or Hephaistias, was a town of Ancient Greece, now an archeological site on the northern shore of Lemnos, Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea.- Opening hours: Monday and Wednesday—Sunday 8:30 AM—3:30 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: archaeological site on Lemnos, Greece
- Also known as: “Hephaestia”, “Hephaistia”, “Hephaistias”, and “Mint of Hephaestia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ancient theatre of Hephaistia.
Ancient theatre of Hephaistia
Archaeological site
Photo: Athanasios lampridis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ancient theatre of Hephaistia is an archaeological site, which is situated 190 metres northeast of Ifestia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kontopouli and Agios Alexandros.
Kontopouli
Village
Kontopouli is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Moudros in the northeastern part of the island of Lemnos, Greece. The community includes the small villages Agios Alexandros and Agios Theodoros. Kontopouli is situated 4 km south of Ifestia.
Agios Alexandros
Hamlet
Agios Alexandros is a settlement in the northeastern part of the Aegean island of Lemnos, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Moudros and the community of Kontopouli. Agios Alexandros is situated 4½ km east of Ifestia.
Repanidi
Village
Photo: Σαλαμούρας Σπύρος, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Repanidi is a village and a community in the northeast of the island of Lemnos, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Moudros. It is located 2 km northeast of Romanou, 3 km west of Kontopouli, 3 km east of Lychna, 6 km northeast of Moudros and 21 km northeast of Myrina. Repanidi is situated 4½ km south of Ifestia.
Ifestia
- Categories: archaeological site, polis, hieron, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Lemnos, Lesvos, North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.96308° or 39° 57′ 47″ northLongitude
25.31736° or 25° 19′ 3″ eastOpen location code
8GF7X878+6WOpenStreetMap ID
way 1287037440OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5731882
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Spanish—“Ifestia” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “হেফেইস্টিয়া”
- Catalan: “Hefèstia”
- Finnish: “Hefaistia”
- French: “Héphaistia”
- French: “Héphaistias”
- German: “Ifestia”
- Greek: “Αρχαιολογικός χώρος Ηφαιστίας”
- Greek: “Ηφαιστεία”
- Greek: “Ηφαιστία Λήμνου”
- Greek: “Ηφαιστία”
- Italian: “Efestia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Efestia”
- Norwegian: “Efestia”
- Russian: “Гефестия”
- Spanish: “Hefestia”
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Highlights include Τηγάνι and Tigani bay.
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