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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dio. - Ancient Village or Settlement in Greece in Northern Greece

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 12 November 2006  Page Views: 4273

Multi-periodSite Name: Dio. Alternative Name: Dion
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 15.218 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Northern Greece Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Katerini  Nearest Village: Dion
Latitude: 40.176541N  Longitude: 22.492320E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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bat400 visited on 1st May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 An understated site that takes some walking and contemplation to even hope to understand. Well signed, but be sure to visit the museum in the village in order to fully appreciate Dion.

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Dio.
Dio. submitted by davidmorgan : The Sanctuary of Isis. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Northern Greece and Macedonia

Ancient settlement, later used by the Romans with 2 theatres, among other ruins.
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Nearby Images from Flickr
Funeral Stele, Nabilium ( Stringed Musical Instrument), 1st c AD, Archaeological Museum of Dion   (1)
Dionysus (Dionysos) Mosaic, Silenus & Dionysus, Archaeological Museum of Dion, Store Gallery
Funeral Stele, Mother & Child & Cockeral, Pydna, 5th c BC, Archaeological Museum of Dion
Dionysus (Dionysos) Mosaic, Archaeological Museum of Dion, Store Gallery  (11)
Dionysus (Dionysos) Mosaic, Archaeological Museum of Dion, Store Gallery  (13)
Dionysus (Dionysos) Mosaic, Archaeological Museum of Dion, Store Gallery  (12)

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