Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion

Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion
Αναστασιούπολις - Περιθεώριον
Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion is located in Greece
Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion
Shown within Greece
LocationThrace, Greece
Coordinates41°06′09″N 25°05′29″E / 41.10250°N 25.09139°E / 41.10250; 25.09139
TypeSettlement

Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion is an archaeological site located in northern Greece, southeast of the village of Amaxades in the Rhodope regional unit in Western Thrace. Parts of the fortification walls of the ancient city of Anastasiopolis (5th – 9th centuries) and Peritheorion (9th century) are still visible. It is unclear whether these are two different cities or a single one that has been renamed in the meantime. The ancient city was an important port on the Aegean Sea and station on the Via Egnatia.