Pythion

Pythion or Pythium, also Pythoion was a city and polis of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly, situated at the foot of Mount Olympus, and forming a Tripolis with the two neighbouring towns of Azorus and Doliche.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pythio and Kalývia.

Pythio

Village

Pythio is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Olympos, of which it was a municipal district. The community of Pythio covers an area of 38.959 km2.

Kalývia

Village

Kalyvia is an Aromanian village of the Elassona municipality, Thessaly, Greece. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Olympos. Kalyvia is a part of the community of Kokkinopilos. Kalývia is situated 4 km southeast of Pythion.

Dolichi

Village

Photo: DesVaMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dolichi is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Livadi, of which it was a municipal district. Dolichi is situated 4½ km west of Pythion.

Pythion

Type: Archaeological site
Description: ancient city and archaeological site in Greece
Categories: polis, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Elassona, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

40.05409° or 40° 3′ 15″ north

Longitude

22.21804° or 22° 13′ 5″ east

Open location code

8GG43639+J6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 353532197

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q11889309

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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Turkish—“Pythion” goes by many names.

Finnish: “Pythion”
Finnish: “Pythium”
Finnish: “Pythoion”
French: “Pýthion”
Greek: “Αρχαιολογικός χώρος Πυθίου”
Greek: “Πύθιο”
Greek: “Πύθιον”
Japanese: “ピュティオン”
Spanish: “Pition”
Turkish: “Pythion”

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