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Kalandra
Sign in to saveKalandra () is a small town on Kassandra, the westernmost peninsula of Chalkidiki, Greece. In ancient Greece it was the site of the town of Mende, one of the many colonies in Chalkidiki founded by Chalcis, the main city on the island of Euboia. Mende was also the birthplace of the sculptor Paeionius, (also Paionios), who made a statue of Nike, which was put on top of the victory pillar in Olympia, and is currently in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. There was also a temple of Poseidon.
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Κασσάνδρας
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 674
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 674
- Elevation
- 80
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- located in/on physical feature
- Kassandra Peninsula
- native label
- Καλάνδρα
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Kalandra () is a small town on Kassandra, the westernmost peninsula of Chalkidiki, Greece. In ancient Greece it was the site of the town of Mende, one of the many colonies in Chalkidiki founded by Chalcis, the main city on the island of Euboia. Mende was also the birthplace of the sculptor Paeionius, (also Paionios), who made a statue of Nike, which was put on top of the victory pillar in Olympia, and is currently in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. There was also a temple of Poseidon.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kalandra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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