Stavrochori
Stavrochori is an historic village of eastern Crete. It belonged to the former province of Sitia and later to the former Makry Gialos municipality. Today it is part of Ierapetra municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 147 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Also known as: “Stavrochori, Lasithi”, “Stavrochórion”, “Stavrokhóri”, and “Stavrokhórion”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle of Agios Stefanos.
Castle of Agios Stefanos
Castle
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castle of Agios Stefanos is situated 3 km east of Stavrochori.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oreino and Agios Stefanos.
Oreino
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oreino is a small village in Lasithi regional unit on Crete, Greece. It is situated 28 kilometers northeast of Ierapetra and lies 10 kilometers from the Cretan south coast. Oreino is situated 2½ km west of Stavrochori.
Agios Stefanos
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agios Stefanos is a village within the Lasithi prefecture in eastern Crete. It belonged to the former province of Siteia until that was abolished in 2006. Agios Stefanos is situated 3 km east of Stavrochori.
Koutsouras
Village
Koutsouras is a village in Lasithi regional unit, in Crete, Greece 22 kilometers east of Ierapetra. Its population is 818. It was the headquarters of the municipality of Makry Gialos and is the biggest village in the region. Koutsouras is situated 5 km south of Stavrochori.
Stavrochori
Latitude
35.07803° or 35° 4′ 41″ northLongitude
25.94165° or 25° 56′ 30″ eastPopulation
147Elevation
323 metres (1,060 feet)Open location code
8G773WHR+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 271672939OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
253266Wikidata ID
Q1568906
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Stavrochori” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Stavrochori”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ستاڤروتشورى لاسيثى”
- Finnish: “Stavrochóri”
- French: “Stavrochóri”
- French: “Stravodoxári”
- German: “Stavrochori”
- Greek: “Σταυροχώρι Λασιθίου”
- Greek: “Σταυροχώρι”
- Greek: “Σταυροχώριον”
- Greek: “Στραβοδοξάρι”
- Russian: “Ставрохорион”
- Turkish: “Stavrochori”
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