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Thasos from space, April 1993 Detailed map of Thasos. Thasos is located in the northern Aegean sea approximately 7 km (4 mi) from the northern mainland and 20 kilometres (12 miles) south-east of Kavala. It is of generally round shape, without deep bays or significant peninsulas.
Thasos (Greek: Θάσος, Thásos) is a town on the island of Thasos in northern Greece.It is the capital and main town of the island. The town is also called Limenas Thasou or for short just Limenas (Greek: Λιμένας Θάσου, Liménas Thásou, "Harbour of Thasos") to distinguish the town from the island on which it is situated.
Potos (Greek: Ποτός) is a village on the island of Thasos in northern Greece. [2] The village is located in the south of the island, on the coast of the Thracian Sea (the northernmost part of the Aegean Sea) with a population of 788 residents (as of 2021).
Map showing the locations of battles fought by the Delian League, 477–449 BC. War with the Persians continued. In 460 BC, Egypt revolted under local leaders the Hellenes called Inaros and Amyrtaeus, who requested aid from Athens. Pericles led 250 ships, intended to attack Cyprus, to their aid because it would further damage Persia.
The village numbers 2,428 residents (2021 census) and is the second largest settlement on the island of Thasos. The settlement is a popular tourist destination since the 1960s, with a 1.2 km long strand of beach (Stelakis Beach) and a number of smaller coves and pebbly beaches just to the west of the settlement next to the village of Trypiti ...
Landforms of Thasos (1 C, 3 P) P. Populated places in Thasos (13 P) This page was last edited on 22 March 2023, at 13:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The Archaeological Museum of Thasos is a museum located in Limenas on the island of Thasos, Eastern Macedonia, Greece. It occupies a house that was built in 1934 and recently extended. Storerooms and workshops have been restored, and are fully operational.
In tradition, on a hill above the village is located the grave of Sabellius (fl. ca. 215), a priest and theologian banished to the island of Thasos as a heretic. [2] To the west of the village (2.5 km) is the location of a village under the same name (Skala Kallirachi), [3] where the original sixteenth-century village was located, before being abandoned and its residents seeking refuge inland ...