Xera Xyla

Places of Interest

Dreros

Archaeological site

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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 south of Xera Xyla.

Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia

Church

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Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia is situated 4 km south of Xera Xyla.

Places in the Area

Neapoli

Town

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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 4 km south of Xera Xyla.

Limnes

Village

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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. Limnes is situated 5 km south of Xera Xyla.

Milatos

Village

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Milatos is a village, which is situated 5 km northwest of Xera Xyla.

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