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Stylos

Stylos or Stilos is a village and part of the municipal unit in the of the Greek island of . The Greek etymology of the name of the village is 'column' or 'pillar'.
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  • Type: Village with 319 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Greece
  • Also known as: “Stỳlos”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stilos and Aptera.

Archaeological site
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stylos is an archaeological site of an ancient Minoan settlement and cemetery near the modern village of Stylos on the island of . Stylos means "column" in Greek.

Archaeological site
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or Apteron was an ancient city, now an archaeological site in Kalives in western , a kilometre inland from the southern shore of , about 13 km east of the city of in the municipality of . is situated 3½ km northeast of Stylos.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 3 km southwest of Stylos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neo Chorio and Machairoi.

Village
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is a village located 25km southeast of in the center of . It was named because it was a new village, but it was built on the ruins of an old village which was destroyed during the raids in Crete.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Stylos.

Stylos

Latitude
35.43243° or 35° 25′ 57″ north
Longitude
24.12439° or 24° 7′ 28″ east
Population
319
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
8G76C4JF+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 279548566
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
253169
Wiki­data ID
Q3501346
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Stylos” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Stilos”
  • Catalan: “Stylos”
  • Dutch: “Stilos”
  • Finnish: “Stýlos”
  • French: “Stýlos”
  • German: “Stylos”
  • Greek: “Στύλος Χανίων”
  • Greek: “Στύλος”
  • Irish: “Stylos”
  • Portuguese: “Stilos”
  • Portuguese: “Stílos”
  • Russian: “Стилос”
  • Spanish: “Stilos”
  • Turkish: “Eşkiloz”
  • Turkish: “Stilos”

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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 “Stylos”. Photo: Aeleftherios, CC BY-SA 3.0.