Lyktos
Lyktos was a city in ancient Crete. During the Classical and Roman periods, it was one of the major settlements on the island. Its ruins are located near the modern-day village of Lyttos in the municipality of Minoa Pediada, Heraklion Regional Unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: city in ancient Crete
- Also known as: “Lyctus”, “Lyttos”, and “Lyttus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Agios Ioannis, Liliano.
Church of Agios Ioannis, Liliano
Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Agios Ioannis, Liliano is situated 3½ km southwest of Lyktos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lyttοs and Kastamonitsa.
Lyktos
- Categories: Ancient Greek archaeological site, polis, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Minoa Pediada, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.20809° or 35° 12′ 29″ northLongitude
25.36831° or 25° 22′ 6″ eastElevation
489 metres (1,604 feet)Open location code
8G776959+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 418113463OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Lyktos” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Литос”
- Catalan: “Lictos”
- Chinese: “利克圖斯”
- Chinese: “呂克托斯”
- Dutch: “Lyktos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليكتوس”
- Finnish: “Lyktos”
- French: “Littos”
- French: “Lyctos”
- French: “Lýktos”
- German: “Lyktos”
- German: “Lyttos”
- Greek: “Lýttos”
- Greek: “Xidhás”
- Greek: “Xydás”
- Greek: “Λύκτος”
- Greek: “Λύττος”
- Greek: “Ξυδάς”
- Indonesian: “Lyktos”
- Italian: “Litto”
- Japanese: “リュクトス”
- Persian: “لیکتوس”
- Portuguese: “Licto”
- Russian: “Литос”
- Spanish: “Licto”
- Turkish: “Lyctus”
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