Crete
Chania
Kantanos-Selino

Rodovani

Rodovani 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 Rodovani is located the ancient city of Elyros.
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  • Type: Village with 68 residents
  • Description: village in Chania, Greece
  • Also known as: “Rodhováni”, “Rodhovanion”, and “Rodhovánion”
  • Postal code: 73009

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ancient Elyros and Ancient Hyrtakina.

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.

Archaeological site
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 . is situated 3 km west of Rodovani.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2½ km west of Rodovani.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Temenia and Kampanos.

Hamlet
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Yrtakina. is situated 2½ km west of Rodovani.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a community and a village in on the island of , . It is the seat of the municipal unit of East Selino. The community consists of the following villages : The village is in a basin surrounded by very old olive oil trees, close to the village an old school is located which is the town hall of East Selino. is situated 3 km northeast of Rodovani.

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 southwest of Rodovani.

Rodovani

Latitude
35.28905° or 35° 17′ 21″ north
Longitude
23.78238° or 23° 46′ 57″ east
Population
68
Elevation
523 metres (1,716 feet)
Open location code
8G757QQJ+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305073805
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
254252
Wiki­data ID
Q7357251
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Russian—“Rodovani” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Rodováni”
  • French: “Rodováni”
  • German: “Rodovani”
  • Greek: “Ροδοβάνι Χανίων”
  • Greek: “Ροδοβάνι”
  • Irish: “Rodovani”
  • Russian: “Родовани”

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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 “Rodovani”. Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.