Dimitrios
Dimitrios is a Greek shipwreck famous due to its picturesque location on an easily accessible sandy beach near Gythio, Greece. Dimitrios, a small, 67-metre cargo ship of 965 gross register tons cargo capacity built in Denmark in 1950, was registered in the Prefecture of Piraeus, registration no.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tsdinos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: picturesque shipwreck near Gythio, Greece
- Also known as: “Dimitrios shipwreck” and “Shipwreck Dimitrios”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valtaki Fortress and Town Hall.
Valtaki Fortress
Castle
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Valtaki Fortress is a castle, which is situated 790 metres southwest of Dimitrios.
Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Albtalkourtaki, Public domain.
Town Hall is situated 3½ km southwest of Dimitrios.
Trinasus
Ruins
Trinasus or Trinasos, or Trinassus or Trinassos, was a town and fortress of ancient Laconia, situated upon a promontory near the head of the Laconian Gulf, and 30 stadia above Gythium. Trinasus is situated 2½ km northeast of Dimitrios.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gytheion and Mavrovouni.
Gytheion
Town
Photo: Gary Bembridge, CC BY 2.0.
Gytheio or Gythio, also the ancient Gythium or Gytheion, is a town on the eastern shore of the Mani Peninsula, and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Gytheion is situated 3½ km southwest of Dimitrios.
Mavrovouni
Village
Mavrovouni is a village in the Mani Peninsula, Greece, south of Gytheio town. Mavrovouni is situated 6 km south of Dimitrios.
Skala
Town
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skala is a town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Evrotas, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Skala is situated 10 km northeast of Dimitrios.
Dimitrios
- Categories: shipwreck, tourism, historic site, and disaster remains
- Location: Evrotas, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.789° or 36° 47′ 20″ northLongitude
22.58589° or 22° 35′ 9″ eastOpen location code
8G84QHQP+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 516618735OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wreckOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q5277621
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Dimitrios” goes by many names.
- French: “Dimitrios (épave)”
- French: “Dimitrios”
- German: “Dimitrios (Schiff, 1950)”
- German: “Dimitrios”
- Spanish: “Dimitrios”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dimitrios”. Photo: Tsdinos, CC BY-SA 3.0.