Historical place profile

Loukou

A villa of Roman Imperial date, attributed to Herodes Atticus and his heirs. The modern name comes from the nearby Moni Loukous, or monastery of Loukou (St. Luke?), which may sit above an early Christian church.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:570437
Catalogue ID
pleiades:570437
Place type
settlement, villa
Coordinates
37.410663, 22.677597
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A villa of Roman Imperial date, attributed to Herodes Atticus and his heirs. The modern name comes from the nearby Moni Loukous, or monastery of Loukou (St. Luke?), which may sit above an early Christian church.

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 D3 Loukou

Source and reuse

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Research path

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