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The Pangaion Hills (Greek: Παγγαίο, romanized: Pangéo; Ancient Greek: Καρμάνιον, romanized: Karmánion; Homeric Greek: Nysa; also called Pangaeon, Pangaeum) are a mountain range in Greece, approximately 40 km from Kavala. The highest elevation is 1,956 m at the peak of Koutra. The Aegean Sea lies to the south and the plains of Philippi-Kavala to the north. The mountain range covers the southeastern portion of the Serres regional unit as well as the northwestern part of the Kavala regional unit which includes the bigger part of the hills.

Pangaion Hills
Snow-covered Pangaion hills from the forests of Kavala
Highest point
PeakKoutra
Elevation1,956 m (6,417 ft)
Prominence1,773 m (5,817 ft)[1]
Coordinates40°55′01″N 24°04′58″E
Geography
CountryGreece
Regional unitKavala and Serres

The Ottoman Turks called the hills Pınar Dağ ("Spring Mount"). The Slavic name is Kushnitsa (Кушница) or Kushinitsa (Кушиница).


Description


View of Pangaion at c. 1500 m
View of Pangaion at c. 1500 m

The hills are direct across a fertile plain from the ancient city of Philippi, they are located in the ancient country of Sintice, between the Strymon and the Xiropotamos rivers and are covered in the oriental plane and chestnut trees. Towns found in the Pangaion hills include Nikisiani and Palaiochori which are agricultural in nature and grow mainly grain and tobacco. The town of Palaiochori boasts the ruins of an ancient castle on a peak overlooking the town. Gold and silver were mined in the ancient times. The Athenian tyrant Pisistratus was 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 at Amphipolis.

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 of Dionysus.[2]

The municipality of Pangaio is named after this mountain range and the seat of the municipality is Eleftheroupoli.


References


  1. "Europe Ultra-Prominences: peaklist.org".
  2. D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), pp. 15, 36–41 (digitized version Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine). ISBN 960-7265-16-5.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Pangaion Hills.



На других языках

[de] Pangeo

Pangeo (neugriechisch Παγγαίο [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}paŋˈgʲɛɔ] bzw. Παγγαίο όρος .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Pangéo óros, n.; altgriechisch Παγγαῖος Pangaîos, m., Παγγαῖον [ὄρος] Pangaîon [óros] oder Πάγγαιον [ὄρος] Pángaion [óros], n.; deutsch auch Pangaios, Pangaeum, Pangeon) ist der Name eines Gebirgszuges in Nord-Griechenland sowie von dessen mit 1956 m höchster Erhebung. Er ist Teil der Griechischen Rhodopen und liegt im Westen von Kavala, zwischen den Flüssen Strymon und Xiropotamos. Es ist zu vermuten, dass unter dem Begriff Pangaion im Altertum und in der Antike die drei heute genannten Gebirgszüge Pangaion, Symvolon und Lekanis zwischen Strymon und Nestos insgesamt verstanden wurden.
- [en] Pangaion Hills

[es] Pangeo

Pangeo es un monte de Grecia. Se ubica en el municipio de Pangaio, al que da nombre, en la Unidad periférica de Kavala de la región de Macedonia oriental y Tracia.

[fr] Pangée (massif)

Le Pangée (en grec ancien Παγγαῖον / Paggaĩon, en grec moderne Παγγαίο / Paggaio [panˈgeo, paˈgeo]) est un massif montagneux de Macédoine orientale (Grèce) séparant au sud la côte de l'Égée de la plaine de Philippes-Drama au nord.

[it] Pangeo

Il Pangeo (in greco antico: Παγγαῖον, Pangaĩon; in greco: Παγγαίο , traslitterato: Paggaio) è una catena montuosa della Macedonia (Grecia) che si estende fra lo Struma e il Mesta, nei pressi dell'antica città greca di Anfipoli (in Tracia), dove si trovavano importanti miniere d'oro. Dal 546 al 528 a.C. circa, Pisistrato, tiranno di Atene, favorì la distribuzione di terre, lo sfruttamento delle miniere del Pangeo e la colonizzazione della regione dell'Ellesponto. Effetto della sua politica e dell'oro del Pangeo, fu un incremento del commercio ateniese e un arricchimento della città, che Pisistrato provvide ad abbellire di monumenti.

[ru] Пангеон

Панге́он, Пангей (греч. Παγγαίον, болг. Кушница) — гора в Греции, на границе нома Кавала в Восточной Македонии и Фракии и нома Сере в Центральной Македонии. Самый высокий пик называется Мати (Μάτι, болг. Козница) и имеет высоту 1955 метров[1].


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