Heraeum

Heraeum or Heraion, also known as Heraion Teichos, was a Greek city in ancient Thrace, located on the Propontis, a little to the east of Bisanthe. The city was a colony and founded around 600 BC.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city of Thrace in modern-day Turkey
  • Also known as: “Heraion” and “Heraion Teikhos Antik Kenti”

Heraeum

Latitude
41.00481° or 41° 0′ 17″ north
Longitude
27.68942° or 27° 41′ 22″ east
Open location code
8GH92M3Q+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 259069016
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q5732571
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Heraeum” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἡραῖον”
  • Finnish: “Heraion (kaupunki)”
  • Finnish: “Heraion”
  • French: “Heraeum”
  • Greek: “Ηραίον Τείχος”
  • Latin: “Heraeum”
  • Latin: “Heræum”
  • Latin: “Hēræum”
  • Russian: “Герей”
  • Spanish: “Hereo”
  • Turkish: “Heraion-Teikhos”

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