Olympus Geological History Museum, Leptokarya

Name: Olympus Geological History Museum
Address: Leptokarya, Greece

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Olympus Geological History Museum, Leptokarya

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The Olympus Geological History Museum is a geological museum in the town of Leptokarya at the foot of Mount Olympus in northern Greece. It presents in several exhibition rooms, rocks and minerals from the region and fossils from the Olympus and from the surrounding area. It was established with the help of the Geology faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. ()

Coordinates: 40°3'27"N, 22°33'36"E

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Olympus Geological History Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Platamon Castle, Agios Dionysios Monastery, Nautical Museum of Litochoro, Kanalon Monastery.

4.1 miSE
Historical place, Forts and castles, Ancient Greek architecture
Platamon Castle, Platamonas
105 min walk • Platamon Castle, an emblematic medieval fortress, stands as a sentinel over the coastal town of Platamonas, nestled in the shadows of Mount Olympus in Greece. This formidable structure dates back to the late Byzantine period, with its construction believed to have...
5.9 miNW
Monastery
Agios Dionysios Monastery
151 min walk • The Monastery of Agios Dionysios in Olympus is a Greek Orthodox monastery on the slopes of Mount Olympus, the most important monastery in the Pieria Prefecture. It is located at the Enipeas ravine at an altitude of 850 m The original monastery, established in 1542, was destroyed by the Germans in 1943.
4.5 miNW
Museum, Maritime museum
Nautical Museum of Litochoro, Litochoro
114 min walk • The seafaring of the inhabitants of the Greek mountain village Litochoro has a long tradition which is represented in the Nautical Museum.
6.4 miSW
Monastery
Kanalon Monastery
163 min walk • The Kanalon Monastery, formally the Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos of Kanalon, is a Greek Orthodox convent in the north-east of the Greek region of Thessaly.
2.4 miSW
City, Archaeological site
Leivithra
61 min walk • Leibethra or Libethra, in the modern pronunciation Leivithra was an ancient Macedonian city at the foot of Mount Olympus, near the present settlement of Skotina.

Olympus Geological History Museum, Leptokarya

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Olympus Geological History Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Platamon Castle, Platamonas

Agios Dionysios Monastery

Nautical Museum of Litochoro, Litochoro

Kanalon Monastery

Leivithra