Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion
Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion is an archaeological site located in northern Greece, southeast of the village of Amaxades in the Rhodope regional unit in Western Thrace.Photo: DocWoKav, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Byzantine fortified city near Amaxades, Thrace, Greece
- Also known as: “Anastasiopolis”, “Anastasioupolis”, “Anastasioupolis-Peritheorion”, and “Peritheorion”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vistonida and Amaxades.
Vistonida
The area around Lake Vistonida in Western Thrace in Greece includes the site of Anastasiopolis or Peritheorion an ancient city on the Via Egnatia. This article covers roughly the area of the municipalities Abdera and Iasmos and the old municipality of Vistonida.Amaxades
Village
Amaxades is a village and a former community in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Iasmos, of which it is a municipal unit. Amaxades is situated 3 km northwest of Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion.
Sounio
Village
Sounio is a settlement in the Vistonida municipal unit, Xanthi regional unit of Greece. According to the 2021 census, the population was 924 inhabitants. Sounio is situated 5 km northwest of Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion.
Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion
- Categories: castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.10214° or 41° 6′ 8″ northLongitude
25.0912° or 25° 5′ 28″ eastOpen location code
8GH7432R+VFOpenStreetMap ID
way 524115844OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q62996869
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Перитор”
- Dutch: “Anastasiopolis”
- French: “Anastasioupolis”
- German: “Anastasiopolis”
- German: “Anastasioupolis-Peritheorion”
- German: “Anastasioupolis”
- German: “Peritherion”
- Greek: “Αναστασιούπολη”
- Greek: “Αναστασιούπολις - Περιθεώριον”
- Greek: “Αναστασιούπολις”
- Greek: “Μπουρού καλέ”
- Greek: “Περιθεώριον”
- Italian: “Anastasiopoli”
- Japanese: “アナスタシオポリス=ペリテオリオン”
- Russian: “Анастасиуполь”
- Russian: “Перитеорий”
- Russian: “Перитер”
- Ukrainian: “Анастасіуполіс - Перитеоріон”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Byzantine Anastasiopolis Fortress and ΧΣΑ Αμαξάδες.
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