Historical place profile

Leibethra

An ancient settlement whose acropolis has been located at Kanalia, which is near the modern towns of Skotina and Leptokarya in the Greek Dion-Olympus municipality.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:491650
Catalogue ID
pleiades:491650
Place type
archaeological-site, settlement
Coordinates
40.025416, 22.535017
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient settlement whose acropolis has been located at Kanalia, which is near the modern towns of Skotina and Leptokarya in the Greek Dion-Olympus municipality.

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 50 C4 Leibethra

Source and reuse

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Research path

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