Pentapoli | |
Name Local: | Πεντάπολη |
Type: | community |
Coordinates: | 41.05°N 23.6889°W |
Periph: | Central Macedonia |
Periphunit: | Serres |
Municipality: | Emmanouil Pappas |
Municunit: | Emmanouil Pappas |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population: | 773 |
Pentapoli (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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.[1] It has a population of 773 inhabitants (2021). Until 1928 it was named Sarmusakli (Σαρμουσακλή).[2]
At Pentapolis is testified the traces of an ancient settlement.[3] His cemetery was unveiled at the location "Alonia", where coins and vases of Roman times had been found in the past.[4]