Messara Plain
The Messara Plain or simply Messara is an alluvial plain in southern Crete, stretching about 50 km west-to-east and 7 km north-to-south, making it the largest plain in Crete.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Plain
- Description: plain in southern Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Messára”, “Pedhiás Mesarás”, and “Pediada Mesaras”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Platanos and Kastelli.
Kastelli
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kastelli is a village, which is situated 2½ km north of Messara Plain.
Moires
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moires is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Faistos, of which it is a municipal unit. Moires is situated 3½ km northwest of Messara Plain.
Messara Plain
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Satellite Map
Discover Messara Plain from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Messara Plain” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մեսարա”
- Bulgarian: “Месара”
- Cebuano: “Pediáda Mesarás”
- Croatian: “Mesara”
- Croatian: “Ravnica Mesara”
- Czech: “Mesarská nížina”
- Danish: “Messarasletten”
- Dutch: “Messara Plain”
- Esperanto: “Mesara ebenaĵo”
- Finnish: “Messará”
- French: “Mesara”
- French: “Messara”
- French: “Plaine de la Mesara”
- French: “Plaine de la Messara”
- French: “Plaine de la Messará”
- German: “Messara-Ebene”
- Greek: “Pediáda Mesarás”
- Greek: “Μεσαρά Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Μεσαρά”
- Greek: “Μεσσαρά Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Μεσσαρά”
- Greek: “Πεδιάδα Μεσαράς”
- Hebrew: “מישור מסרה”
- Italian: “Messara”
- Italian: “Pianura di Mesara”
- Italian: “Pianura di Messara”
- Japanese: “メサラ平野”
- Japanese: “メッサラ平野”
- Polish: “Dolina Mesara”
- Polish: “Mesara”
- Portuguese: “Messara”
- Portuguese: “Planície de Messara”
- Russian: “Месара”
- Russian: “Мессара”
- Russian: “Плато Месара”
- Spanish: “Llanura de Mesara”
- Spanish: “Llanura de Mesará”
- Spanish: “Mesara”
- Spanish: “Mesará”
- Swedish: “Pediáda Mesarás”
- Turkish: “Messara Ovası”
- Urdu: “میسارا میدان”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kapparianá and Peri.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Triconch of Mitropolis, Gortyn and The Great Basilica of Mitropolis, Gortyn.
Crete: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Heraklion, Chania, Rethymno, and Agios Nikolaos.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Messara Plain”. Photo: Nat Pikozh, CC BY 2.0.