Steiri
Steiri is a village in Boeotia, Greece. It is situated at the western end of Mount Helicon, the mythical mountain of the Muses, at 450 m elevation. The 10th century Hosios Loukas monastery, a World Heritage Site, is situated near Steiri.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 686 residents
- Description: village in Boeotia, Greece
- Also known as: “Stiri”
- Postal code: 32100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hosios Loukas and Castle of Osios Loukas.
Hosios Loukas
Monastery
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hosios Loukas is a historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece. Founded in the mid-10th century, the monastery is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art, and has been listed on UNESCO's World Heritage Sites since 1990, along with the monasteries of Nea Moni and Daphnion. Hosios Loukas is situated 3½ km southeast of Steiri.
Castle of Osios Loukas
Castle
Photo: Sogal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Osios Loukas is situated 3 km southeast of Steiri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Distomo and Aspra Spitia.
Distomo
Village
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Distomo is a town in western Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Distomo is situated 4½ km northwest of Steiri.
Aspra Spitia
Village
Aspra Spitia, is a town in the municipal unit Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra, in Boeotia, Greece. In 2021, its population was 1,676. Aspra Spitia is situated 6 km west of Steiri.
Antikyra
Village
Antikyra or Anticyra is a port on the west coast of the Gulf of Antikyra named after it. That gulf is a north-coast bay of the Gulf of Corinth. The settlement was made basically on a floor and beach fringing the northeast side of the mountainous Desfina Peninsula. Antikyra is situated 8 km southwest of Steiri.
Steiri
- Category: locality
- Location: Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra, Boeotia, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.40822° or 38° 24′ 30″ northLongitude
22.71143° or 22° 42′ 41″ eastPopulation
686Elevation
454 metres (1,490 feet)Open location code
8GC4CP56+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1497608290OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
253158Wikidata ID
Q3555685
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Steiri” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ستيري”
- Cebuano: “Stírion”
- Dutch: “Steiri”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ستيرى”
- Finnish: “Steíri”
- French: “Stíri”
- Greek: “Steíri”
- Greek: “Steírion”
- Greek: “Στείρι Βοιωτίας”
- Greek: “Στείρι”
- Greek: “Στείριο Βοιωτίας”
- Greek: “Στείριον”
- Romanian: “Steiri”
- Russian: “Стеири”
- Russian: “Стирион”
- Swedish: “Stírion”
- Turkish: “Stiri”
- “Steiri”
- “Steíri”
- “Stiri”
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