Voroi

Voroi is a village in Faistos, Heraklion, Crete and has about 726 residents. Voroi is situated nearby to the village Faneromeni, as well as near the locality Northeast Court.

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Type: Village with 726 residents
Description: village in Greece
Also known as: “Vori” and “Vórroi”
Postal code: 702 00

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Cretan Ethnology and Phaistos.

Museum of Cretan Ethnology

Museum

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The Museum of Cretan Ethnology is a museum in Voroi, in the municipal unit of Faistos, Heraklion regional unit, southern Crete, Greece. Established as an institution in 1973, the museum was built under the French architect Georges Henri Rivière, the creator…

Phaistos

Archaeological site

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Phaistos, also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Faistos, a municipality in south central Crete.

Hagia Triada

Archaeological site

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tympaki and Petrokefali.

Tympaki

Town

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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. Tympaki is situated 4 km west of Voroi.