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”, “αρχαίο Θέρμο”, and “Фермон”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Apollo Thermios and Church of Agios Nikolaos, Agia Sofia.
Temple of Apollo Thermios
Archaeological site
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
Church of Agios Nikolaos, Agia Sofia is situated 3 km northwest of Thermos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Analipsi and Dafnias.
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″ north
Longitude
21.66815° or 21° 40′ 5″ east
Open location code
8GC3HM59+W7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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: “Thermos”
- Greek: “Θέρμος”
- Latin: “Thermum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thermos (Aitolia)”
- Norwegian: “Thermos”
- Russian: “Ферм”
- Spanish: “Templo de Apolo (Termo)”
- Turkish: “Thermos”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Archaeological museum of Thermos and Κέντρο Υγείας Θέρμου.
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