Xirolimni
Xirolimni is a locality in Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete and has about 11 residents. Xirolimni is situated nearby to the abandoned locality Xera Xyla, as well as near the hamlet Frathias.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dreros and Milatos Cave.
Dreros
Archaeological site
Dreros, also Driros, near Neapoli in the regional unit of Lasithi, Crete, is a post-Minoan archaeological site, 16 km northwest of Agios Nikolaos. Known only by a chance remark of the 9th-century Byzantine grammarian Theognostus, archaeology of the site shows Dreros to have been initially colonised by mainland Greeks in the early Archaic Period about the same time as Lato and Prinias. Dreros is situated 3½ km southeast of Xirolimni.
Milatos Cave
Cave
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Milatos Cave is situated 3½ km northwest of Xirolimni.
Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia
Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia is situated 3½ km south of Xirolimni.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neapoli and Vrachasi.
Neapoli
Town
Photo: Nikos massios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neapoli is a small town and a former municipality in Lasithi, eastern Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been treated as a municipal unit of Agios Nikolaos. Neapoli is situated 3½ km south of Xirolimni.
Vrachasi
Village
Vrachasi is a village and a former municipality in the Lasithi regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 63.41 km2. Vrachasi is situated 4½ km west of Xirolimni.
Milatos
Village
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Milatos is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Xirolimni.
Xirolimni
- Type: Locality with 11 residents
- Also known as: “Xirolímni”
- Location: Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.28788° or 35° 17′ 16″ northLongitude
25.61025° or 25° 36′ 37″ eastPopulation
11Elevation
547 metres (1,795 feet)Open location code
8G777JQ6+54GeoNames ID
251487
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In Other Languages
“Xirolimni” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Ξηρολίμνη”
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