Pleiades Places API

A gazetteer of ancient places. Pleiades gives scholars, students, and enthusiasts worldwide the ability to use, create, and share historical geographic information about the Greek and Roman World in digital form. The API provides read-only access to place data in JSON format with CORS support.

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Base URL: http://api.pleiades.stoa.org/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 5
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 22:15:12.699617

Links

Homepage: https://pleiades.stoa.org/
API Base: http://api.pleiades.stoa.org/
Documentation:

100.0%

Uptime (7d)

968ms

Avg latency (7d)

11

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Topics

ARCHAEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET /api/search Search places — 200 833ms
GET /api/status Get status counts — 200 716ms
GET /places/{placeId}.atom Get place as Atom feed — 200 1283ms
GET /places/{placeId}.kml Get place as KML — 200 839ms
GET /places/{placeId}/json Get place details — 200 844ms