Crete
Lasithi
Agios Nikolaos

Kritsa

Kritsa is one of the oldest and most picturesque in , Greece, built amphitheatrically on a rock hill, named Kastellos, surrounded by olive groves, at an altitude of 375 m.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 1,300 residents
  • Description: village in Greece
  • Also known as: “Kritsa Lasithiou”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum Rodanthi and Panagia Kera.

Museum
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Church
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The Church of is a Greek Orthodox church located near the village of Kritsa, in the Dikte Mountains, on the island of , . Situated 1 kilometre from Kritsa, the Byzantine-style church contains the finest-preserved Byzantine-era frescoes in Crete, and for that reason, has become one of the most culturally and historically significant churches on the island.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was an ancient city of , the ruins of which are located approximately 3 km from the village of Kritsa. is situated 2½ km north of Kritsa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kroustas and Exo Lakkonia.

Village
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is a village close to on the island of , . It is located on a hill 520 m above the sea level. In the year 2021 the village had 415 inhabitants.

Village
is a traditional village with small population near of . It has a folklore museum and some traditional coffee shops and an old church of St. is situated 5 km north of Kritsa.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 8 km southeast of Kritsa.

Kritsa

Latitude
35.15576° or 35° 9′ 21″ north
Longitude
25.64614° or 25° 38′ 46″ east
Population
1,300
Elevation
294 metres (965 feet)
Open location code
8G775J4W+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33431415
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
258759
Wiki­data ID
Q1384932
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kritsa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كريتسا”
  • Belarusian: “Крыца”
  • Bulgarian: “Крица”
  • Cebuano: “Kritsá”
  • Dutch: “Kritsa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كريتسا”
  • Esperanto: “Kritsa”
  • Finnish: “Kritsá”
  • French: “Kritsá”
  • German: “Kritsa”
  • Greek: “Κριτσά Λασιθίου”
  • Greek: “Κριτσά”
  • Japanese: “クリツァ”
  • Polish: “Kritsa”
  • Portuguese: “Kritsa”
  • Russian: “Крица”
  • Swedish: “Kritsá”
  • Turkish: “Kriça”
  • Ukrainian: “Крица”

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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 “Kritsa”. Photo: Gatm, CC BY-SA 3.0.