West Greece
West Central Greece
Missolonghi

Pleuron

Pleuron was a city in ancient Aetolia, Greece. The name refers to two settlements, the older of which was at the foot of Mount Curium between the river and the river , and was mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.
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Photo: Vasarchit, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ancient Greek theatre of Pleuron.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 240 metres south of Pleuron.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aitoliko and Tourlida.

Town
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town and a former municipality in , West Greece, . Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Messolonghi, of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 5 km northwest of Pleuron.

Hamlet
Photo: Spirosparas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an island in the , in . It is a long-narrow earthy land about 5 km south of . is the largest lagoon island of Missolonghi lagoon and the only inhabited. is situated 10 km south of Pleuron.

Pleuron

Latitude
38.41583° or 38° 24′ 57″ north
Longitude
21.40889° or 21° 24′ 32″ east
Open location code
8GC3CC85+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 92437981
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1317636
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Pleuron” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πλευρών”
  • Catalan: “Pleuró”
  • Chinese: “普列隆”
  • Dutch: “Pleuron, Aetolia”
  • Finnish: “Pleuron”
  • French: “Pleuron”
  • German: “Pleuron”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Πλευρώνα”
  • Greek: “Πλευρών”
  • Greek: “Πλευρώνα”
  • Ido: “Pleurona”
  • Italian: “Pleurone”
  • Japanese: “プレウロン”
  • Latin: “Pleuron”
  • Portuguese: “Pleuron”
  • Russian: “Плеврон”
  • Spanish: “Pleuron”
  • Spanish: “Pleurón”
  • Turkish: “Pleuron”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Pleuron”. Photo: Vasarchit, CC BY-SA 4.0.