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List Of Settlements In Chalkidiki
This is a list of settlements in Chalkidiki, Greece. * Afytos * Agia Paraskevi * Agios Mamas * Agios Nikolaos * Agios Panteleimonas * Agios Pavlos * Agios Prodromos * Ammouliani * Arnaia * Chaniotis * Dionysiou * Doumpia * Elaiochoria * Flogita * Fourka * Galarinos * Galatista * Geroplatanos * Gomati * Ierissos * Kalandra * Kallithea * Kalyves * Kassandreia * Kassandrino * Krimni * Krini * Kryopigi * Lakkoma * Marathoussa * Megali Panagia * Metagkitsi * Metamorfosi * Nea Fokaia * Nea Gonia * Kallikrateia * Nea Moudania * Nea Plagia * Nea Poteidaia * Nea Roda * Nea Silata * Nea Skioni * Nea Tenedos * Nea Triglia * Neochori * Neos Marmaras * Nikiti * Olympiada * Olynthos * Ormylia * Ouranoupoli * Palaiochora * Palaiochori * Palaiokastro * Paliouri * Pefkochori * Petralona * Polychrono * Polygyros * Portaria * Psakoudia * Pyrgadikia also known in the ancient world as Piloros * Riza * Sana * Sarti * Simantra * Stagira * Stanos * Stratoni * Stratoniki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalkidiki
Chalkidiki (; el, Χαλκιδική , also spelled Halkidiki, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region constitutes the easternmost part of the peninsula, but not of the regional unit. The capital of Chalkidiki is the town of Polygyros, located in the centre of the peninsula, while the largest town is Nea Moudania. Chalkidiki is a popular summer tourist destination. Name ''Chalkidiki'' also spelled ''Halkidiki'' () or ''Chalcidice'' () was the name given to this peninsula after Chalkida. In ancient times, the area was a colony () of the ancient Ionian Greek city-state of Chalcis. Geography The Cholomontas mountains lie in the north-central part of Chalkidiki. Chalkidiki consists of a large peninsula in the northwestern Aegean Sea, resembling a hand with three 'fingers' (though in Greek these peninsulas are often referred to as 'legs'). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krini, Greece
Krini ( el, Κρήνη) is a small town of approximately 500 year-round inhabitants in Northern Greece. Krini is a community of the municipal unit Triglia, regional unit of Chalkidiki. Krini's main agricultural crops include wheat, olives, onions, grape A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus '' Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters. The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years a ...s, and anise. Populated places in Chalkidiki Nea Propontida {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub ar:كريني، تريكالا ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kassandreia
Kassandreia (, ''Kassándreia''; before 1955: Valta (Βάλτα, ''Válta'', meaning "town in the swamps")) is a town and a community in Chalkidiki, northern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of Kassandra, in the center of the peninsula. Its population was 2,775 at the 2011 census. It was named after the ancient city Cassandreia, which was located near the village. This ancient city, which had originally been called Potidaea, was enlarged by Cassander Cassander ( el, Κάσσανδρος ; c. 355 BC – 297 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 305 BC until 297 BC, and ''de facto'' ruler of southern Greece from 317 BC until his death. A son of Antipater and a cont ... who became the ruler of Macedonia for a number of years, and named after him. It is probably at this time that the channel that separates this peninsula from the mainland was dredged, to aid naval activities. The ancient name has now been revived for the modern small town tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyves, Chalkidiki
Kalyves Polygyrou or Kalives, ( el, Καλύβες, ), old name Mecyberna, is a village in Chalkidiki peninsula in Central Macedonia of Northern Greece. There is a kindergarten and primary school to accommodate pupils of both Kalyves and the nearby village of Yerakini. Patron Saint of the village is St. Modestus. Location Kalyves is located on the gulf of Torone, between the two fingers (smaller peninsulas) of Kassandra and Sithonia, 70 km southeast of Thessaloniki, 4.5 km west of Yerakini (Gerakini) and 6 km east of Olynthus. It belongs to the Municipality of Polygyros, the capital town of Chalkidiki. Etymology and history Kalyves Polygyrou means “Huts of Polygyros” as the first inhabitants, farmers, who settled from Polygyros in the late 1800s and early 1900s, had small houses as homesteads for the cultivation of their land in the area, ever since belonging to its municipality administration ( municipal unit). In the past the area was also involved i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallithea, Chalkidiki
Kallithea () is a village and the seat of the homonymous municipal district in Kassandra. It is located in the regional unit of Chalkidiki. It has a population of 779 inhabitants according to the 2001 census. History Archeology This area is archaeologically famous, since in Kallithea a sanctuary of Dionysus and the Nymphs has been excavated, part of the sanctuary of Amun Zeus (which was venerated in the area since the 5th century BC) and the altar area. In the middle of the 4th century BC a great Doric style temple was built in his honor. Dionysus had already begun to be worshiped in the area since the 8th century BC, as evidenced by a staircase carved out of the rock and a cave dedicated to the worship of the god. The Paleo-Christian basilica was discovered by archaeologists in the place of Solinas. The original and only Paleo-Christian basilica dates from the 6th century. Its central corridor is occupied by a previous building, which appears to have been a house of marty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ierissos
Ierissos ( el, Ιερισσός) is a small town on the east coast of the Akti peninsula in Chalkidiki, Greece. It is located 160 km from Thessaloniki, and 10 km from the border of the Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, or Mount Athos. It is the site of Ancient city and former bishopric Hierissus, and as such remains a Latin Catholic titular see. Ferries run from Ierissos to the east coast of Mount Athos. Since the 2011 local government reform Ierissos has been the seat of the municipality of Aristotelis, and of the municipal unit of Stagira-Akanthos. Names The name of Ierissos is derived from the Latin ''Ericius'', a translation of Akanthos, the name of the ancient city (also Latinized as Acanthus) located on a ridge bordering the southeast side of the town, from it. History Akanthos, near mount Athos, was an Ancient Greek city in the Roman province of Macedonia Prima (civil diocese of Macedonia)) During the Byzantine era Erissos was the seat of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
