Crete
Chania
Kantanos-Selino

Temenia

Temenia is a community and a small village in on the island of , . It is part of the municipal unit of East Selino. The community consists of the following villages : Near Temenia is located the ancient city of Yrtakina.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 51 residents
  • Description: village in Greece
  • Postal code: 73009

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sotiros Christos and Ancient Hyrtakina.

Church
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is a church.

Archaeological site
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Hyrtacina or Hyrtakina, also written as Hyrsacina or Hyrsakina, or Artacina or Artakina, was a city of ancient Crete, which, little as we learn of its position from Ptolemy and Stephanus of Byzantium, yet we may safely infer from the former's words that it was situated to the southeast of , and to the west of .

Archaeological site
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Elyrus or Elyros was a town of ancient Crete, which the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax places between and . It had a harbour, Syia, situated on the south coast of the island, 60 stadia west of Poecilassus. is situated 3½ km east of Temenia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rodovani and Prodromi.

Village
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is a community and a small village in on the island of , . It is part of the municipal unit of East Selino. The community consists of the following villages : Near is located the ancient city of Elyros. is situated 2½ km east of Temenia.

Hamlet
is a village in the municipal unit of Pelekanos, , , . The name of the village in the 18th century was "Peroudo Vrisi". is situated 3½ km south of Temenia.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km southwest of Temenia.

Temenia

Latitude
35.29299° or 35° 17′ 35″ north
Longitude
23.75438° or 23° 45′ 16″ east
Population
51
Elevation
738 metres (2,421 feet)
Open location code
8G757QV3+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1880511365
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
253002
Wiki­data ID
Q7698077
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Russian—“Temenia” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Temenia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تيمينيا”
  • Finnish: “Teménia”
  • French: “Teménia”
  • German: “Temenia”
  • Greek: “Τεμένια Χανίων”
  • Greek: “Τεμένια”
  • Russian: “Темения”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Temenia”. Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.