Orthes
Orthes is a village in Mylopotamos, Rethymno, Crete. Orthes is situated nearby to the village Pigouniana, as well as near Margarites.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Museum of ancient Eleutherna.
The Museum of ancient Eleutherna
Museum
Photo: Rigorius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Ancient Eleutherna is an on-site museum of Greece in the archaeological park of Eleutherna, Rethymno, and houses artifacts found in the nearby archaeological site of Eleutherna and the necropolis of Orthi Petra. as seen in the virtual tour of museum and the archaeological sites. The Museum of ancient Eleutherna is situated 3 km southwest of Orthes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Margarites and Eleutherna.
Eleutherna
Village
Eleutherna, also called Apollonia, was an ancient city-state in Crete, Greece, which lies 25 km southeast of Rethymno in Rethymno regional unit. Archaeologists excavated the site, located on a narrow northern spur of Mount Ida, the highest mountain in Crete. Eleutherna is situated 2½ km west of Orthes.
Alfa
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alfa is a village, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Orthes.
Orthes
- Type: Village
- Postal code: 74052
- Category: locality
- Location: Mylopotamos, Rethymno, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.3369° or 35° 20′ 13″ northLongitude
24.69722° or 24° 41′ 50″ eastElevation
311 metres (1,020 feet)Open location code
8G768MPW+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1402762299OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
256249
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In Other Languages
From German to Russian—“Orthes” goes by many names.
- German: “Orthes”
- Greek: “Orthés”
- Greek: “Ορθές”
- Russian: “Ортес”
Localities in the Area
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