Peza
Peza is a village in Archanes-Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete and has about 435 residents. Peza is situated nearby to the village Kalloni, as well as near Agies Paraskies.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 435 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Historically known as: “Pesá” and “Piscia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nikos Kazantzakis Museum and Archaeological Collection of Archanes.
Nikos Kazantzakis Museum
Museum
Photo: Pylambert, Public domain.
The Nikos Kazantzakis Museum is a museum in Myrtia village in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete, in Greece. It is 20 km south of the town of Heraklion and it is dedicated to the life and work of the famous writer Nikos Kazantzakis, a 9 times candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature and known worldwide for his book "Zorba the Greek" and "The Last Temptation of Christ".
Archaeological Collection of Archanes
Museum
Archaeological Collection of Archanes is a museum, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Peza.
Vathypetro
Archaeological site
Photo: Elisa Triolo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vathypetro is an archaeological site, four kilometres south of the town of Archanes on Crete. It contains some of the oldest wine presses in the world. Vathypetro is situated 4 km west of Peza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalloni and Agies Paraskies.
Peza
- Category: locality
- Location: Archanes-Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.21828° or 35° 13′ 6″ northLongitude
25.19218° or 25° 11′ 32″ eastPopulation
435Elevation
303 metres (994 feet)Open location code
8G77659R+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 1940218121OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
255352Wikidata ID
Q12883323
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Turkish—“Peza” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “پيزا”
- Finnish: “Pezá”
- French: “Pezá”
- German: “Peza”
- Greek: “Πεζά Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Πεζά”
- Italian: “Pesá”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pezá”
- Polish: “Peza”
- Russian: “Пеза”
- Spanish: “Peza (Creta)”
- Spanish: “Peza”
- Turkish: “Peza”
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Highlights include MINOS CRETAN WINES SA – Miliarakis Winery and Digenakis.
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