Historical place profile
Gitana
An ancient settlement of Thesprotia, which served as the seat of the Thesprotian koinon. The site is located on the west end of the large hill now known as Vrysella, just downstream from the modern dam at Fragma Kalama.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:530878
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:530878
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 39.570663, 20.262232
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement of Thesprotia, which served as the seat of the Thesprotian koinon. The site is located on the west end of the large hill now known as Vrysella, just downstream from the modern dam at Fragma Kalama.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 B2 Gitana
Source and reuse
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Research path
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