Olynthus is an ancient city in present-day Chalcidice, Greece. It was built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the head of the Gulf of Torone, near the neck of the peninsula of Pallene, about 2.5 kilometers from the sea, and about 60 stadia from Poteidaea.
Bouleuterion of ancient Olynthus
Olynthian floor mosaic
Mosiac close-up; depicts the mythical hero Bellerophon on Pegasus fighting the Chimera
Tombstone in Olynthus
Chalkidiki, also known as Chalcidice, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region constitutes the easternmost part of the peninsula, but not of the regional unit.
Petralona cave formations
Byzantine tower, Nea Fokea
Potidea canal
View of Ammouliani island