Pentapoli

Pentapoli (Greek: Πεντάπολη, Byzantine Greek: Ξυλοπήγαδο) a small town in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece, located 14 km southeast of the city of Serres. Since 2011 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Emmanouil Pappas and has a population of 1.715 inhabitants. Until 1928 it was named Sarmusakli.

At Pentapolis is testified the traces of an ancient settlement.^[1] His cemetery was unveiled at the location "Alonia", where coins and vases of Roman times had been found in the past.^[2]

References

^ [1] D. C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 157 (Website of Municipality of Serres)
^ [2] Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 180. ISBN 960-7265-16-5

Coordinates: 41°03′00″N 23°41′20″E / 41.05000°N 23.68889°E / 41.05000; 23.68889

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[1] [1] D. C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 157 (Website of Municipality of Serres)

[2] [2] Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 180. ISBN 960-7265-16-5

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