CHARADRIAE
CHARADRIAE (
Χαραδρίαι), a town on the N. coast of the peninsula of Acte, mentioned by Scylax (p. 26), which Colonel Leake (
North. Greece, vol. iii. p. 152) identifies with
Vatopedhi (
Βατοπέδιον), the most ancient of all the monasteries in Mt. Athos, as it was founded by Constantine the Great.
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