Sacred promontory

 ( Promontory ) 

Sacred promontory or sacred cape or holy promontory or cape was a name assigned by the ancient Greeks and Ancient Rome to salient promontories extending into large bodies of water at strategic locations, typically containing a temple to the god of the sea. The English translates Latin language 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, ancient 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

• Promontorium Sacrum (disambiguation)