Sacred promontory

Sacred promontory or sacred cape or holy promontory or cape was a name assigned by the ancient Greeks and Romans to salient promontories extending into large bodies of water at strategic locations, typically containing a temple to the god of the sea.^{[citation needed]} The English translates^{[clarification needed]} Latin sacrum promunturium and ancient Greek ἱερὸν ἀκρωτήριον (hieron akrōtērion).

Some sacred promontories were:

• Cap Corse, northern Corsica
• Cape Fiolente, Crimea (vicinity of Sevastopol)
• Cape Gelidonya, southern coast of Turkey
• Cape Kyllini, located in Kastro-Kyllini, Elis, Greece
• Cape St. Vincent, southern Portugal
• Holyhead, Wales
• Carnsore Point, or possibly Hook Head, Wexford, Ireland
• Pallene, Chalcidice, northern Aegean Sea
• Sagres Point, southern Portugal
• Sounion, near Athens
• Triopium promontorium in Turkey^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Promontorium Sacrum (disambiguation)

References

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