Pavloρetri
The archaeological site known as Pavlopetri is found in Vatika Bay, off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece. It is about 5,000 years old, making it the oldest submerged city known in the world.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: underwater Bronze Age town in Laconia, Greece
- Also known as: “Pavlopetri”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elafonisos and Neapoli Voion.
Elafonisos
Photo: Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
Elafonisos is an island in the Peloponnese region and Laconia Greece. The island is a tiny spot between the famous island chain of Kythira (Kythira and Antikythira complex and south of Neapolis in Lakonia region of Peloponnese.
Neapoli Voion
Town
Photo: DimitrisP67, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Neapoli Voion or Neapolis Voion also named Vatika is a small town in Laconia regional unit, southern Greece. It is built near the south end of Malea peninsula, close to the Cape Maleas. Neapoli Voion is situated 6 km east of Pavloρetri.
Faraklo
Village
Faraklo is a village in the municipality of Monemvasia, Laconia, Greece. It has a population of 96, and an elevation of approximately 400 metres. It has strong ties with the city of Neapolis. Snow is infrequent, but does occur. Faraklo is situated 9 km east of Pavloρetri.
Pavloρetri
- Categories: submerged settlement, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.51732° or 36° 31′ 2″ northLongitude
22.98924° or 22° 59′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8G84GX8Q+WMOpenStreetMap ID
way 559270756OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q966038
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Pavloρetri” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Павлопетри”
- Catalan: “Pavlopetri”
- Czech: “Pavlopetri”
- Dutch: “Pavlopetri”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بافلوبيترى”
- Esperanto: “Pavlopetri”
- Finnish: “Pavlopétri”
- French: “Pavlopetri”
- German: “Pavlopetri”
- Greek: “Παυλοπετρί”
- Greek: “Παυλοπέτρι”
- Hebrew: “פאולופטרי”
- Hebrew: “פבלופטרי”
- Italian: “Pavlopetri”
- Japanese: “パブロペトリ”
- Korean: “파블로페트리”
- Latin: “Paulopetrium”
- Polish: “Pavlopetri”
- Polish: “Pawlopetri”
- Portuguese: “Pavlopetri”
- Slovak: “Pavlopetri”
- Spanish: “Pavlopetri”
- Turkish: “Pavlopetri”
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