Historical place profile
Leontion
An ancient settlement of Achaea in the northern Pelopnnese, the site is located on a hillside known today as Kastritsi at the northern foot of mount Erymanthos. It is not to be confused with the modern settlement of Leontio, which is located about 10 km north.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:570422
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:570422
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 38.030441, 21.913109
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement of Achaea in the northern Pelopnnese, the site is located on a hillside known today as Kastritsi at the northern foot of mount Erymanthos. It is not to be confused with the modern settlement of Leontio, which is located about 10 km north.
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 B1 Leontion
Source and reuse
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Research path
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