Amphitheatre

Amphitheatre is a theater building in Kos, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands. Amphitheatre is situated nearby to the swimming pool Waterslides pool, as well as near the playground Kids club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plane tree of Hippocrates and Archaeological Museum of Kos.

Plane tree of Hippocrates

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The Tree of Hippocrates is the plane tree under which, according to legend, Hippocrates of Kos taught his pupils the art of medicine. Paul of Tarsus purportedly taught here as well. Plane tree of Hippocrates is situated 4 km northwest of Amphitheatre.

Archaeological Museum of Kos

Museum

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Archaeological Museum of Kos is situated 4 km west of Amphitheatre.

Ancient Agora

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Ancient Agora is situated 4 km west of Amphitheatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kos and Kos Asklepieion.

Kos

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Kos is a popular tourist destination in the Greek islands of the Dodecanese, located in the south-eastern part of the Aegean Sea, near the Turkish coast.

Kos Asklepieion

Locality

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The Temple of Asclepius or Asclepieion of Kos was one of the most famous temples dedicated to Asclepius in the ancient world. The archeologist Rudolf Herzog, grandfather of Werner Herzog, excavated it in 1902, as the latter recounted in conversation with Paul Holdengräber. Kos Asklepieion is situated 6 km west of Amphitheatre.

Amphitheatre

Type: Theater building
Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Kos, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

36.88087° or 36° 52′ 51″ north

Longitude

27.33005° or 27° 19′ 48″ east

Open location code

8G89V8JJ+82

OpenStreetMap ID

way 520116912

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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