Geropotamos
Geropotamos is a former municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mylopotamos, of which it is a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: place in Greece
- Also known as: “Geropotamos River”, “Ilektras Potamós”, “Mitropolipotamo”, and “Yeropótamos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hagia Triada and Kamilari.
Hagia Triada
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hagia Triada, is a Minoan archaeological site in Crete. The site includes the remains of an extensive settlement noted for its monumental NeoPalatial and PostPalatial period buildings especially the large Royal Villa. Hagia Triada is situated 3½ km east of Geropotamos.
Kamilari
Archaeological site
Photo: Stegop, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kamilari is a village on the island of Crete, Greece. There is an archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery nearby, the Kamilari Minoan Tholos tomb and a Roman graveyard at the slopes of the Ovgora hill. Kamilari is situated 3½ km southeast of Geropotamos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tympaki and Pitsidia.
Tympaki
Town
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tympaki is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms, it is a part of the municipality of Faistos, of which it is a municipal unit, the unit has an area of 157.122 km2.
Pitsidia
Village
Photo: Rob de Vries, CC BY 2.0.
Pitsidia is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Geropotamos.
Voroi
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Voroi is a village, which is situated 5 km east of Geropotamos.
Geropotamos
- Categories: human settlement and body of water
- Location: Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Geropotamos” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Geropótamos”
- Dutch: “Geropotamos”
- Finnish: “Geropótamos”
- French: “Geropótamos”
- Greek: “Geropótamos”
- Greek: “Γεροπόταμος”
- Greek: “Δήμος Γεροποτάμου”
- Irish: “Geropotamos”
- Italian: “Geropotamos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jeropótamos”
- Portuguese: “Geropotamos”
- Portuguese: “Geropótamos”
- Swedish: “Geropótamos”
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