Historical place profile

Kleonai

An ancient city located in the mountainous area southwest of Corinth. The acropolis of ancient Kleonai lies about two kilometers east of the modern town named after it in the 1960s (Archaies Kleones, formerly Kontostavlos).

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:570361
Catalogue ID
pleiades:570361
Place type
archaeological-site, architecturalcomplex, settlement, temple-2
Coordinates
37.819724, 22.776240
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient city located in the mountainous area southwest of Corinth. The acropolis of ancient Kleonai lies about two kilometers east of the modern town named after it in the 1960s (Archaies Kleones, formerly Kontostavlos).

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 58 D2 Kleonai

Source and reuse

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Research path

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