Gytheion
Gytheio or Gythio, also the ancient Gythium or Gytheion, is a town on the eastern shore of the Mani Peninsula, and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Gary Bembridge, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Town with 4,280 residents
- Description: town in Peloponnese, Greece
- Postal code: 23200
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Nickthegreek82, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Rene Konijnenberg, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Roman theatre of Gytheion
Archaeological site
Photo: Tsdinos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roman theatre of Gytheion is an archaeological site.
Cranae
Island
Cranae or Kranai is an island off the coast of Gytheio connected to the land by a causeway built in 1898.
Localities in the Area
Mavrovouni
Village
Mavrovouni is a village in the Mani Peninsula, Greece, south of Gytheio town. Mavrovouni is situated 2½ km south of Gytheion.
Ageranos
Hamlet
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ageranos is a hamlet situated 8 km southwest of Gytheion.
Gytheion
- Category: locality
- Location: East Mani, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.76158° or 36° 45' 42" northLongitude
22.56595° or 22° 33' 57" eastPopulation
4,280Elevation
168 metres (551 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR GYTOpen Location Code
8G84QH68+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 3799523285OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
251297Wikidata ID
Q992256Gytheion Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: غيثيو
- Armenian: Յիտիոն
- Asturian: Gytheio
- Bulgarian: Гитио
- Catalan: Giteu
- Catalan: Gitèon
- Catalan: Gitíon
- Catalan: Gythion
- Cebuano: Gýtheio
- Chinese: 吉雄
- Czech: Gytheio
- Dutch: Githion
- Dutch: Gytheion
- Dutch: Gythio
- Egyptian Arabic: جيثيو
- English: Gytheio
- English: Gythio
- English: Gýtheion
- Finnish: Githeio
- Finnish: Githio
- Finnish: Gytheion
- Finnish: Gytheum
- Finnish: Gythio
- Finnish: Gythion
- Finnish: Gítheio
- Finnish: Gíthio
- Finnish: Gýtheio
- Finnish: Jithio
- Finnish: Yithion
- French: Gytheion
- French: Gythio
- French: Gythion
- French: Gythium
- French: Gythéion
- French: Gýthio
- French: Yýthio
- German: Gytheion
- German: Gythio
- German: Gythion
- Greek: Γύθειο
- Greek: Γύθειον
- Indonesian: Gytheio
- Indonesian: Gythion
- Italian: Giteo
- Italian: Gizio
- Italian: Gytheio
- Japanese: ギシオ
- Japanese: ギティオ
- Latin: Gythium
- Latvian: Gitija
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Jýthio
- Occitan (post 1500): Gition
- Persian: گیدیو
- Portuguese: Giteio
- Romanian: Gytheio
- Russian: Гитий
- Russian: Гитион
- Russian: Йитион
- Serbian: Gitio
- Serbian: Гитио
- Serbo-Croatian: Gitij
- Serbo-Croatian: Gition
- Slovak: Gytheio
- Slovenian: Gythelo
- Spanish: Gition
- Spanish: Gitión
- Spanish: Gythion
- Swedish: Gýtheio
- Turkish: Gytheion
- Turkish: Gythium (Mora)
- Turkish: Gythium
- Turkish: Yitio
- Ukrainian: Гітейо
- Gýthelon
- Yíthio
- Yíthion
Localities in the Area
- Agios KonstantinosHamlet
- PassavasHamlet
- PritsiotikoHamlet, 2½ km northwest
- SelinitsaHamlet, 2½ km north
- Gyrista, LakoniaHamlet, 3 km northwest
Landmarks in the Area
- ΚΕΠ ΓΥΘΕΙΟΥGovernment building
- Las Hotel & SpaHealth club
- Town Hall SquareSquare
- Πρωτοδικείο ΓυθείουCourthouse
- Πλατεία ΑναγνωστάκουPark
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Gytheion. Photo: Gary Bembridge, CC BY 2.0.