Gaurium or Gaurion ( grc, Γαύριον), also known as Gaureleon, was a town of

ancient Greece Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity ( AD 600), that comprised a loose collection of cult ...

on the island of

Andros Andros ( el, Άνδρος, ) is the northernmost island of the Greek Cyclades archipelago, about southeast of Euboea, and about north of Tinos. It is nearly long, and its greatest breadth is . It is for the most part mountainous, with many fr ...

that acted as the harbour for the ''

poleis ''Polis'' (, ; grc-gre, πόλις, ), plural ''poleis'' (, , ), literally means "city" in Greek. In Ancient Greece, it originally referred to an administrative and religious city center, as distinct from the rest of the city. Later, it also ...

'' of

. Its site is located near modern

Gavrio Gavrio ( el, Γαύριο), Andros is the first port to the Cyclades. This traditional village, with ruins dating to the Hellenistic Period, is on the southwest side of Andros and from the Attica port of Rafina Rafina ( el, Ραφήνα) is a su ...

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Populated places in the ancient Aegean islands Former populated places in Greece Ancient Andros {{AncientAegean-geo-stub