Pangaion Hills
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| Pangaion Hills | |
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 Snow-covered Pangaion hills from the forests of Kavala | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Koutra |
| Elevation | 1,956 m (6,417 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,773 m (5,817 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 40°55′01″N24°04′58″E/ 40.91694°N 24.08278°E |
| Geography | |
| Country | Greece |
| Regional unit | KavalaandSerres |
ThePangaion Hills(Greek:Παγγαίο,romanized:Pangéo;Ancient Greek:Καρμάνιον,romanized:Karmánion;Homeric Greek:Nysa; also called Pangaeon, Pangaeum) are amountain rangeinGreece,approximately 40 km fromKavala.The highest elevation is 1,956 m at the peak ofKoutra.TheAegean Sealies to the south and the plains ofPhilippi-Kavalato the north. The mountain range covers the southeastern portion of theSerres regional unitas well as the northwestern part of theKavala regional unitwhich includes the bigger part of the hills.
The Ottoman Turks called the hillsPınar Dağ( "Spring Mount" ). The Slavic name isKushnitsa(Кушница) orKushinitsa(Кушиница).
Description[edit]
The hills are direct across a fertile plain from the ancient city ofPhilippi,they are located in the ancient country ofSintice,between theStrymonand theXiropotamosrivers and are covered in theoriental planeandchestnuttrees. Towns found in the Pangaion hills includeNikisianiandPalaiochoriwhich are agricultural in nature and grow mainlygrainandtobacco.The town of Palaiochori boasts the ruins of an ancientcastleon a peak overlooking the town.Goldandsilverwere mined in the ancient times. The Athenian tyrantPisistratuswas exiled in the middle of the mountain. It was the rich gold and silver available in the region that made the Athenians send out a colony in 465 to an area known as the Nine Roads (Ennéa Hodoí). The colonists were massacred by nearby Thracians and the colony was abandoned, though the Athenians would return to the area with their colony atAmphipolis.
Pangaion is very often referred to by ancient Greek and Latin sources. It was famous for silver and gold mines, as well as for shipyard wood and the oracle ofDionysus.[2]
The municipality ofPangaiois named after this mountain range and the seat of the municipality isEleftheroupoli.
See also[edit]
- Zaeelii:Tribe attested from coins that are from the Pangaion hills.
References[edit]
- ^"Europe Ultra-Prominences: peaklist.org".
- ^D. C. Samsaris,Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity(in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), pp. 15, 36–41 (digitized versionArchived2017-04-24 at theWayback Machine).ISBN960-7265-16-5.
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