Samothrace
Port
island in the north Aegean
Location: 40.4500, 25.5875 · Pleiades 501597
What this place is
- Port — the island the ship put in at for the night on the crossing to Macedonia
Who is recorded here
- Paul the Apostle travel · AD 49
- Konstantinos Lekapenos death · AD 950
In art
About the place
Samothrace is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It is a municipality within the Evros regional unit of Thrace. The island is 17 km (11 mi) long, 178 km2 (69 sq mi) in size and has a population of 2,596. Its main industries are fishing and tourism. Resources on the island include granite and basalt.
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