MARONEIA

'Maroneia' (Greek: Μαρώνεια) is a municipality in the Rhodope Prefecture, Greece. Population 7,644 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Xylagani. It is presumed that it was founded by Chios in the first half of the 7th century BC on the hill of Aghios Gheorgis, but archaeological findings date it much older and a pure Thracian city. It is famed for its Dionysiac Sanctuary, the foundations of which can still be seen today.

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★ Durando, Furio, "Greece, a guide to the archaeological sites", 2004.