Margarites

Margarites is a village in , , and has about 268 residents. Margarites is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 268 residents
  • Description: village in Crete
  • Also known as: “Elouthorna”, “Magarites”, “Magharites”, “Margaritai”, and “Margarítai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Museum of ancient Eleutherna.

Museum
Photo: Rigorius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an on-site museum of in the archaeological park of Eleutherna, , and houses artifacts found in the nearby archaeological site of and the necropolis of Orthi Petra. as seen in the virtual tour of museum and the archaeological sites.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eleutherna and Alfa.

Village
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
, also called Apollonia, was an ancient city-state in , , which lies 25 km southeast of in . Archaeologists excavated the site, located on a narrow northern spur of Mount Ida, the highest mountain in Crete.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Margarites.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Margarites.

Margarites

Latitude
35.33969° or 35° 20′ 23″ north
Longitude
24.68682° or 24° 41′ 13″ east
Population
268
Elevation
289 metres (948 feet)
Open location code
8G768MQP+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 269541517
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
257696
Wiki­data ID
Q37708354
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Russian—“Margarites” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Marqarit”
  • Finnish: “Margarítes”
  • French: “Margarítes”
  • German: “Margarites”
  • Greek: “Μαργαρίται Ρεθύμνου”
  • Greek: “Μαργαρίτες Ρεθύμνης”
  • Greek: “Μαργαρίτες Ρεθύμνου”
  • Greek: “Μαργαρίτες”
  • Russian: “Маргарите”
  • Russian: “Маргаритес”

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