Crete
Lasithi
Siteia

Petras

Petras is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan town on northeastern . It includes a building which shows strong similarities with Minoan palaces and is sometimes labeled as a palace.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 123 residents
  • Description: archaeological site of an ancient Minoan town on northeastern Crete
  • Also known as: “Palace of Petras”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Petras and Archaeological Museum of Sitia.

Archaeological site
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site.

Museum
The is a in of , in . Its collection consists of Minoan-era finds from Sitia, , Petra and .

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kazarma is the Venetian-era fortress of the city of in , . This fortress was built in the 13th Century during Venetian rule on Crete. The Venetians abandoned the town in 1651 and destroyed parts of the fortress to prevent its use by the Turks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sitia and Piskokefalo.

Photo: Wouterhagens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Siteia is a port town and a municipality in , , Greece. The town has 11,166 inhabitants and the municipality has 20,438. It lies east of and northeast of .

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 3 km southwest of Petras.

Village
Photo: Petro Stelte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Petras.

Petras

Latitude
35.19934° or 35° 11′ 58″ north
Longitude
26.11688° or 26° 7′ 1″ east
Population
123
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8G7854X8+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1777474662
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
255430
Wiki­data ID
Q3901049
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Petras” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Петрас”
  • Dutch: “Petras”
  • Finnish: “Petrás”
  • French: “Palais de Petras”
  • French: “Petras”
  • German: “Palast von Petras”
  • German: “Petras”
  • Greek: “ανάκτορο Πετρά”
  • Greek: “Ανάκτορο Πετρά”
  • Greek: “ανάκτορο του Πετρά”
  • Greek: “Πετράς”
  • Italian: “Petras”
  • Portuguese: “Petras”
  • Portuguese: “Petrás”
  • Russian: “Петрас”
  • Spanish: “Petra”

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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 “Petras”. Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.