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Celetrum

Celetrum or Keletron was a town of Orestis region in Upper Macedonia, situated on a peninsula which is surrounded by the waters of a lake, and has only a single entrance over a narrow isthmus which connects it with the continent.

Celetrum
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The place

Celetrum or Keletron was a town of Orestis region in Upper Macedonia, situated on a peninsula which is surrounded by the waters of a lake, and has only a single entrance over a narrow isthmus which connects it with the continent. Celetrum has been identified with the Celaenidium or Kelainidion (Κελαινίδιον) of Hierocles. The town also bore the name of Diocletianopolis (Διοκλητιανούπολις) and Justinianopolis (Ἰουστινιανούπολις).

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Celetrum

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Lake Orestiada

    Lake Orestiada or Lake of Kastoria is a lake in the Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, northwestern Greece. It spreads out in a natural basin, surrounded by mountains and is the remnant of a huge ancient Miocene lake that reached an area of 164 square kilometres and at a depth of 50 meters.

    3.2 km · lake of Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kurşun Mosque

    The Kursum Mosque is a historical Ottoman-era mosque in the town of Kastoria, Western Macedonia, Greece. The mosque is located close to the old centre of town, on Mitropoleos Street.

    300 m · building in Kastoria, West Macedonia Region, Greece · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa

    The Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa is a monastery that is built on the spot where troops of Byzantine military commander George Palaiologos encircled the attacking Normans in 1083. It is believed that the emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r.

    2.7 km · monastery in Kastoria, Greece · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Costume Museum

    The Costume Museum of Kastoria located in the northern Greek city of Kastoria, opened in 1999 and is run by "Harmony", a music and literary association. It is housed in the residence of the Emmanouil brothers, a two-storey building of the 18th century on the edge of Kastoria lake.

    1 km · costume museum in Kastoria, Greece · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Byzantine Museum of Kastoria

    The Byzantine Museum of Kastoria is a museum in Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece, dedicated to religious art from the area's late Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods.

    600 m · museum in Greece · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Museum of the Macedonian Struggle

    The Museum of the Macedonian Struggle in Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece is housed in a traditional old mansion that belonged to the teacher and fighter Anastasios Pehion. It was inaugurated on 23 May 2010, a project of the "Friends of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle in Kastoria" that was founded in 1993 in the Municipality of Kastoria.

    1 km · museum in Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Saint Athanasius of Mouzakis Church

    St. Athanasius of Mouzaki is a Greek Orthodox church located in Kastoria, Greece.

    800 m · church in Kastoria, Greece · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Folklore Museum of Kastoria

    The Folklore Museum of Kastoria also known as Folklore Museum “Nerantzis-Aivazis”, located in Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece, is housed in one of the city's oldest mansions, the Nerantzis-Aivazis residence near the lake, at 10 Kapetan Lazou Street. The museum has been operating since 1972, and is run by Harmony.

    1.1 km · art museum in Kastoria, Greece · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Saint Mary Koumbelidiki

    Panagia Koumpelidiki is one of the oldest churches in Kastoria, Greece and is considered to be both typical and unique. There is no information left on the name of the patron, the architect or the reason for the building of the church.

    700 m · medieval church in Kastoria, Greece · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Dispilio Lakeside Neolithic Settlement Archaeological Collection

    The Dispilio Lakeside Neolithic Settlement Archaeological Collection is a museum in Dispilio, Greece. It was the first Neolithic settlement by the side of a lake excavated in the country.

    4.7 km · museum in Greece · Wikipedia

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Getting to Celetrum

Airports
Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle (OHD), 85 km · Thessaloniki Macedonia (SKG), 144 km · Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU), 154 km
  • Ohrid → Celetrum
    8408 km · quickest by air, 17h 8m · $1,300–2,000
  • Ilinden → Celetrum
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Thessaloniki → Celetrum
    8583 km · quickest by air, 19h 27m · €1,130–1,740
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Celetrum

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Celetrum. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Mount AthosGR

    9 ways of moving, 21 sources

    263 km
  2. 02
    ThasosGR

    10 ways of moving, 17 sources

    292 km
  3. 03
    GökçeadaTR

    11 ways of moving, 39 sources

    390 km
  4. 04
    MljetHR

    9 ways of moving, 28 sources

    397 km
  5. 05
    KorčulaHR

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    437 km

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