Kerameikos

burial ground · 750 BC – 2099 AD

A district of ancient Athens located northwest of the Acropolis, the Kerameikos takes its name from the potters' workshops in the area; the portion of the district lying outside the Dipylon Gate served as a necropolis.

Coordinates

37.97842, 23.71830

Also known as

Ceramic, Ceramico, Ceramique, Cerámico, Céramique, Kerameikós (grc), Keramejk, Keramejkos, Keramik, Keramiko, Keramikos, kai la mi ke si, Κεραμεικός (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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