Strymonas
Strymonas is a river in Amfipoli, Sérres, Central Macedonia. Strymonas is situated nearby to the hamlet Nea Amfipoli, as well as near the village Nea Kerdylia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Struma and Museum of Amphipolis.
Struma
River
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Struma or Strymonas is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. Its ancient name was Strymon. Its drainage area is 17,330 km in North Macedonia and Serbia. It takes its source from the Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria, runs first westward, then southward, forming a number of gorges, enters Greece near the village of Promachonas in eastern Macedonia.
Museum of Amphipolis
Museum
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The Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis is a museum in Amphipolis, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is located in the archaeological site of ancient Amphipolis, near River Strymon at close range of the Thessaloniki–Kavala national highway and within the walls of the ancient city itself.
Lion of Amphipolis
Monument
The Lion of Amphipolis is a 4th-century BC tomb sculpture near Amphipolis, Macedonia, northern Greece. According to Oscar Broneer and archaeologist Dimitris Lazaridis, the first person excavating in the area in the 1960s, it was set up in honour of Laomedon of Mytilene, an important general of Alexander the Great, king of Macedon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amphipolis and Nea Kerdylia.
Amphipolis
Photo: Marsyas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amphipolis was an important ancient Greek polis, and later a Roman city, whose large remains can still be seen. It gave its name to the modern municipality of Amphipoli, in the Serres regional unit of Northern Greece.
Nea Kerdylia
Village
Nea Kerdylia is a village in the municipality of Amphipolis. It is located on the national road Thessaloniki - Alexandroupolis and is 50 km away from Nigrita, 70 km from Serres.
Strymonas
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Amfipoli, Sérres, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.8047° or 40° 48′ 17″ northLongitude
23.8436° or 23° 50′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8GG5RR3V+VCOpenStreetMap ID
way 165556723OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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