Vrysídia
District of Katharón
Crete - Greece

Myrtos

Myrtos is a coastal village in the west of the municipality of Ierapetra, in the regional unit of Lasithi on the island of Crete in Greece. It is located 14.5 km from Ierapetra, the most southern town of Europe and 50.5 km from Agios Nikolaos, on the road to Viannos. Myrtos is situated at the Libyan Sea. The population of the village in 2010 is about 600 people. Myrtos has a rich history, and although many think it is a poor town it has prospered with the advent of tourism.

Located at 35.0036, 25.5844 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Ierapetra

Myrtos Pyrgos

Pyrgos (also Myrtos-Pyrgos) is an archaeological site of the Minoan civilization near Myrtos in the municipality of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete.

Located at 35.0069, 25.5906 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Minoan sites in Crete, Ierapetra, Populated places in Ancient Greece, Former populated places in Greece

Kroustas

Kroustas is a small village close to Agios Nikolaos on the island of Crete, Greece. It is located on a hill 520 m above the sea level. In the year 2001 the village had around 500 inhabitants. Kroustas is known for its magnificent view of Mirabello Bay. It is also known for its traditional cuisine including myzithropites (special cheese pies), ftazymo bread and aiga vrasti (boiled goat). In the past people of Kroustas were shepherds and land workers.

Located at 35.1392, 25.6597 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Populated places in Lasithi

Karfi

Karfi, Crete, (also Karphi, Greek: Καρφί) is a little-visited archaeological site high in the Dikti Mountains that is akin to Machu Picchu for the Minoan civilization. When the warlike mixed group conventionally referred to as Dorians arrived in Crete from the Peloponnese after ca 1100 BCE, archaeological reconstructions suggest that they would have found the Minoan people living along with the Mycenaeans, surviving as an underclass.

Located at 35.2178, 25.4701 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Lasithi, Historical religious sanctuaries, Minoan sites in Crete, Populated places in Ancient Greece, Former populated places in Greece

Psychro Cave

Psychro Cave is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in the Lasithi district of eastern Crete. Psychro is associated with the Diktaean Cave, the putative site of Zeus' birth. According to Hesiod, Theogony 477, Rhea gave birth to Zeus in a cave of Mount Aegaeon, near Lyttos; since the late nineteenth century the cave above the modern village of Psychro has been identified with this sanctuary.

Located at 35.1628, 25.4449 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Lasithi, Greek mythology, Minoan sites in Crete, Ancient caves of Greece

Stomio, Lasithi

Stomio is a village in the Cretan municipality of Ierapetra located 1.2 km west of Gra Lighia. Stomio's residents are called "Stomiotes".

Located at 35.0125, 25.6633 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Ierapetra

Dikti

Dikti or Dicte (also Lasithiotika Ori, Greek: Λασιθιώτικα Όρη) is a mountain range on the east of the island of Crete in the regional unit of Lasithi. On the west it extends to the regional unit of Heraklion. According to the Greek Mythology, Zeus was reared on this mountain in a cave called Dictaeon Andron. On the north of the main massif, the plateau of Lasithi is located. The topology of the mountain range is rich with many plateaus, valleys and secondary peaks.

Located at 35.1192, 25.4979 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Mountains of Greece, Mountains of Crete, Lasithi, Greek mythology, Locations in Greek mythology, Geography of ancient Crete

Lato

Lato was an ancient city of Crete, the ruins of which are located approximately 3 km from the small town of Kritsa. The Dorian city-state was built in a defensible position overlooking Mirabello Bay between two peaks, both of which became acropolises to the city. Although the city probably predates the arrival of the Dorians, the ruins date mainly from the Dorian period (5th and 4th centuries BCE). The city was destroyed c.

Located at 35.1778, 25.6536 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Geography of Crete, Cretan city-states, Ancient mints, Ruins in Greece, Former populated places in Greece, Ancient Greek sites in Crete

Anatoli, Lasithi

Anatoli is a small village in the Ierapetra municipality of the prefecture of Lasithi in eastern Crete. It is built 600 meters above sea level and the view over Ierapetra to the sea with Chrysi island opposite, is unique. It is called the "Libyan sea balcony". Despite the destruction of the surrounding wooded area, due to fire in recent years, the whole landscape is fantastic.

Located at 35.045, 25.642 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Ierapetra, Populated places in Lasithi

Kritsa

Kritsa is one of the oldest and most picturesque villages in Crete, Greece, built amphitheatrically on a rock hill, named Kastellos, surrounded by olive groves, at an altitude of 375 m. It is part of the municipality of Agios Nikolaos. During the Middle Ages, it was thought to be the largest village in Crete. Kritsa has been destroyed many times during the last centuries because it participated in all of Crete's revolutions.

Located at 35.1667, 25.65 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Males, Crete

Males is a historic village in the municipality of Ierapetra in Lasithi prefecture on Crete. It is situated 25 kilometers north-west of Ierapetra, 40 from Agios Nikolaos and 12 kilometers away from the sea. Together with nearby hamlets Hristos and Metaxohori Males until recently formed the Nea Mala municipality. It is built 550 meters above sea level, south east of Dikti mountain, in an area rich in vegetation. It is built where the ancient city of Mala was.

Located at 35.0833, 25.5833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Ierapetra

Ano Simi

Ano Simi is a village on Crete in the prefecture of Lasithi. It is part of Ierapetra municipality and borders Viannos municipality. It lies about 900 meters above sea level, south of Mount Dikti in what is probably the most wooded area of Crete. It is about 1 kilometer from Kato Simi, and 32 kilometers from Ierapetra.

Located at 35.047, 25.498 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Ierapetra

Selakano

Selakano is a forested valley and a hamlet in the municipality of Ierapetra on the island of Crete. Selakano forms one of the most important ecosystems on Crete. The forest core of wild pine is also important on the Mediterranean level. It is located in the northwestern territories of Ierapetra in the southeastern part of the Dikti massif, surrounded by the four highest peaks (Lazaros 2085 m, Spathi 2148 m, Afendis Christos 2141 m, Psari Madara 2090 m).

Located at 35.0923, 25.5426 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Ierapetra

Gdochia

Gdochia is a village on Crete 20 kilometers west of Ierapetra built in an area with spectacular view of Ierapetra town and the sea. It is said to receive his name from an ancient word that means "it has rain". In September 1943, over 40 residents of Gdochia were brutally executed by the Nazis.

Located at 35.0178, 25.5558 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Populated places in Lasithi, Ierapetra

Limnes

Limnes is a traditional Cretan small village in Lasithi, Crete, Greece, located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos. It is surrounded by olive trees and mountains.

Located at 35.247, 25.638 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Exo Lakkonia

Exo Lakkonia is a traditional village with small population near Agios Nikolaos of Crete. It has a folklore museum and some traditional coffee shops and an old church of St. George. It is located in a plain between the Oropedio Lasithiou and the area of Agios Nikolaos. A lot of European people have invested in the property in the area. It is also famous for a spring of water coming from the Lasithi mountain.

Located at 35.2, 25.65 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Populated places in Lasithi

Lyctus

For the beetle genus, see Lyctus (beetle). Lyctus or Lyttos, was one of the most considerable cities in ancient Crete, which appears in the Homeric catalogue. Lyttos is now a village in the municipality of Minoa Pediada.

Located at 35.207, 25.367 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Cretan city-states, Ancient Greek mints, Former populated places in Greece, Spartan colonies, Apollo

Chryssolakkos

Chryssolakkos means the "Pit of gold". This is where the ancient necropolis (royal burial enclosure or cemetery, 1700BCE) in Malia, an ancient Minoan town in Crete, Greece is located. The famous Bee Pendant now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum was found here. The pendant shows two wasps storing or may be sharing a drop of honey and is of high quality gold-smithery of the Minoan times.

Located at 35.2981, 25.4933 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Minoan sites in Crete

Sykologos

. Sykologos is a village and a community in the southeastern part of the Heraklion regional unit, in Crete, Greece. Its population in 2001 was 359 for the village, and 439 for the community, which includes the villages Ano Vigla and Tertsa. It is 81.5 km from Heraklion, 16 km from Ano Viannos, 28 km from Ierapetra and 7.5 km from the coastline of the Libyan Sea at Tertsa. Today it is a part of Municipality of Viannos. Olives and bananas are the main crops.

Located at 35.0194, 25.5122 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Limnakaro

Limnakaro is a small (approx. 1000 m in the E-W direction and 600 m in the N-S) plateau located south of the Lassithi plateau, near the villages of Avrakondes and Agios Georgios in eastern Crete, Greece. Limnakaro lies at about 1120 m above sea level, at the feet of the Spathi summit that rises at 2148 m. Because of its altitude, the plateau is mainly used as grazing grounds for sheep and goats. It has a rich wild flora and grows a number of walnut, pear, apple and chestnut trees.

Located at 35.142, 25.4827 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Lasithi, Plateaus of Europe

Katharo

Katharo is a plateau on the Dikti mountain on the island of Crete, in the regional unit of Lasithi. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, (municipal division of Kritsa). It is 16 km from Kritsa (asphalt road) and 12 km from Mesa Lassithi (rough mountain road). It is 4 km long, 1.5 km wide and at an average altitude of 1,150 m above sea level, (300 m higher than Lasithi Plateau).

Located at 35.1462, 25.5662 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Lasithi

Kato Symi

Kato Symi is a small historic village of Crete, in Heraklion regional unit, 31 kilometers from Ierapetra and 74 kilometers from Heraklion city. Today it belongs to Viannos municipality and borders with Ierapetra municipality. It lies about 780 meters above sea level, south of Mount Dikti in a mountainous verdant area, which is probably the most wooded of Crete. Nearby the village, at an altitude of 1200 meters, lies the ancient sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite.

Located at 35.047, 25.489 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Populated places in Heraklion (regional unit)

Holocaust of Viannos

The Holocaust of Viannos (Greek: Ολοκαύτωμα της Βιάννου) refers to a mass extermination campaign launched by Nazi forces against the civilian residents of around 20 villages located in the areas of east Viannos and west Ierapetra provinces on the Greek island of Crete during World War II. The killings, with a death toll in excess of 500, were carried out on 14–16 September 1943 by Wehrmacht units.

Located at 35.0388, 25.4434 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Conflicts in 1943, Nazi war crimes, World War II sites in Greece, 1943 in Greece, Massacres in Greece during World War II, Crete in World War II, War crimes in Greece

Psarocharako

Psarocharako (Greek: Ψαροχάρακο, "fish cut") is a large rock off the southern coast of the Greek island of Crete in the Libyan Sea. The islet is administered from Viannos in Heraklion regional unit near Tertsa.

Located at 34.9811, 25.5022 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Heraklion (regional unit), Mediterranean islands, Uninhabited islands of Greece, Islands of Crete

Mirampello

Mirampello was one of the 4 provinces in Lasithi Prefecture of Greece. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Agios Nikolaos, except the village Exo Potamoi. It was abolished in 2006.

Located at 35.23, 25.63 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Provinces of Greece