Thermos
Thermos was an ancient Greek sanctuary, which served as the regular meeting place of the Aetolian League. Its focal point was the temple of Apollo Thermios of about 630 to 610 BC, "one of the earliest developed Doric temples known and a monument of primary importance for our knowledge of the history of Greek architecture".- Type: Ruins
- Description: ancient Greek sanctuary, the capital of the Aetolian League
- Also known as: “Temple of Apollo at Thermon”, “Thermon”, and “Thermum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Apollo Thermios and Church of Agios Nikolaos, Agia Sofia.
Temple of Apollo Thermios
Archaeological site
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thermos was an ancient Greek sanctuary, which served as the regular meeting place of the Aetolian League. Its focal point was the temple of Apollo Thermios of about 630 to 610 BC, "one of the earliest developed Doric temples known and a monument of primary importance for our knowledge of the history of Greek architecture".
Church of Agios Nikolaos, Agia Sofia
Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Agios Nikolaos, Agia Sofia is situated 3 km northwest of Thermos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diasello (Thermo) and Analipsi.
Diasello (Thermo)
Hamlet
Photo: Αρκάς, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diasello (Thermo) is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km east of Thermos.
Analipsi
Village
Photo: Enpatrais, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Analipsi is a village, which is situated 8 km southeast of Thermos.
Kato Makrinou
Village
Kato Makrinou is a village in the municipal unit of Makryneia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is located in a valley southeast of Lake Trichonida. It is 2 km northeast of Makrinou, 10 km southeast of Gavalou and 20 km northwest of Naupactus. Kato Makrinou is situated 9 km southwest of Thermos.
Thermos
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient city, hieron, and historic site
- Location: Thermo, West Central Greece, West Greece, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.55975° or 38° 33′ 35″ northLongitude
21.66815° or 21° 40′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8GC3HM59+W7OpenStreetMap ID
way 433200881OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q38281115
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Thermos” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Θέρμος”
- Bulgarian: “Терм”
- Catalan: “Terme (Grècia)”
- Catalan: “Termos”
- Chinese: “瑟美斯”
- French: “Thermos”
- German: “Thermon”
- German: “Thermos”
- Greek: “Θέρμος”
- Latin: “Thermum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thermos (Aitolia)”
- Norwegian: “Thermos”
- Russian: “Ферм”
- Russian: “Фермон”
- Spanish: “Templo de Apolo (Termo)”
- Turkish: “Termos”
- Turkish: “Thermos”
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