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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
Photo: JopkeB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phaistos, also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Faistos, a municipality in south central Crete.
Phaistos Disc
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Phaistos Disc, or Phaistos Disk, is a disc of fired clay from the island of Crete, Greece, possibly from the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age, bearing a text in an unknown script and language.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tympaki and Petrokefali.
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. Tympaki is situated 4 km west of Voroi.
Petrokefali
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Petrokefali is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Voroi.
Sivas
Village
Photo: Rob de Vries, CC BY 2.0.
Sivas is a village, which is situated 6 km south of Voroi.
Voroi
Latitude
35.06767° or 35° 4′ 4″ northLongitude
24.81095° or 24° 48′ 39″ eastPopulation
726Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)Open location code
8G763R96+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 1935781052OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
251806Wikidata ID
Q2806089
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Voroi” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Vori”
- Finnish: “Vóroi”
- French: “Vori”
- French: “Vóri”
- German: “Vori (Tymbaki)”
- German: “Vori”
- Greek: “Βώροι Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Βώροι”
- Russian: “Вори”
- Russian: “Ворри”
- Turkish: “Vori”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Faneromeni and North Wing Corridor.
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