Portes
Portes is a Greek fishing village located on the east side of Aegina. It is about 28 km from the main town of Aegina. Behind the village is an agricultural plain with hills on the edges.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 104 residents
- Description: human settlement in Greece
- Also known as: “Pórtai” and “Portes, Aegina”
- Postal code: 18010
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aegina and Oros (Aigina).
Aegina
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aegina is one of the Saronic Gulf Islands, a triangle 11 km on each side. It's the closest island to Athens, reached in barely an hour by ferry, and in 2011 had a population of 13,056.
Oros (Aigina)
Peak
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Oros (Aigina) is a peak, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Portes.
Monastery Chrysoleontissa
Monastery
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Monastery Chrysoleontissa is situated 3½ km northwest of Portes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agia Marina and Mesagros.
Agia Marina
Village
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Agia Marina is a village, which is situated 4 km north of Portes.
Mesagros
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mesagros is a village, which is situated 5 km north of Portes.
Palaiochora
Locality
Photo: Pbm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paliachora, also known as Palaia Chora and Palaiochora is an abandoned Medieval settlement on Aegina, one of the islands off the coast of Attica in Greece. Palaiochora is situated 5 km northwest of Portes.
Portes
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Aegina, Piraeus Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.71263° or 37° 42′ 46″ northLongitude
23.52169° or 23° 31′ 18″ eastPopulation
104Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
8G95PG7C+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1854238901OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
254853Wikidata ID
Q7231709
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Portes” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pórtes”
- Greek: “Πόρτες Αίγινας”
- Greek: “Πόρτες”
- Russian: “Портес”
- Swedish: “Pórtes”
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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 “Portes”. Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.