Strymonas

Strymonas is a river in , , . Strymonas is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Struma River and Museum of Amphipolis.

River
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Struma or Strymonas is a river in and . Its ancient name was Strymon. Its drainage area is 17,330 km in and . It takes its source from the in , runs first westward, then southward, forming a number of gorges, enters near the village of in eastern .

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Archaeological is a in , , . It is located in the archaeological site of ancient , near the River Strymon and close to the – national highway and within the walls of the ancient city itself.

Monument
Photo: Kkonstan, CC BY 3.0.
The is a 4th-century BC tomb sculpture near , , . 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.

Photo: Marsyas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 , in the of .

Village
is a village in the , in , . It is located on the national road Thessaloniki - Alexandroupolis and is 50 km away from , 70 km from .

Village
is a village and part of the municipal unit of in the southwest of the Kavala regional unit, . The community has a population of 1,958.

Strymonas

Latitude
40.8024° or 40° 48′ 9″ north
Longitude
23.8531° or 23° 51′ 11″ east
Open location code
8GG5RV23+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 165556755
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Greek—“Strymonas” goes by many names.

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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