Knossos
Knossos is an archaeological site and ancient urban centre in Crete, Greece. It is located within the southern periphery of Heraklion, about 5 km south of the city's historic centre.
- Opening hours: 8:00 AM–8:00 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient Minoan through Roman administrative center and city
- Also known as: “Cnosus”, “Gnosos”, “Gnossus”, “Knoso”, “Knósos”, “Knōsos”, “Knossos Palace”, “Knossus”, “Knosus”, “Mint of Cnossus”, “Ανάκτορο Κνωσού”, “Археологічний заповідник Кносса”, “Кноссі”, “Кноссос”, “คนอสซัส”, “คนอสซุส”, “พระราชวังคนอสซอส”, “พระราชวังไมนอส”, “クノッスス”, “𐀒𐀜𐀰”, “克纶索斯”, “克诺索斯宫”, and “诺索斯”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Throne Room and Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena.
Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena
Sports venue
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agia Irini Spilia and Skalani.
Knossos
- Categories: organized archaeological site, polis, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.29798° or 35° 17′ 53″ north
Longitude
25.16283° or 25° 9′ 46″ east
Population
10
Elevation
110 metres (361 feet)
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8G7775X7+54
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Knossos” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Knossos”
- Amharic: “ክኖሦስ”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Κνωσσός”
- Arabic: “كنوسوس”
- Armenian: “Կնոսոս”
- Asturian: “Cnosos”
- Azerbaijani: “Knos”
- Azerbaijani: “Knoss”
- Basque: “Knossos”
- Belarusian: “Кнос”
- Bulgarian: “Кносос”
- Catalan: “Cnossos”
- Cebuano: “Knosós”
- Chinese: “克諾索斯”
- Chinese: “克诺索斯”
- Chinese: “克诺索斯王宫”
- Croatian: “Knos”
- Czech: “Knóssos”
- Danish: “Knossos”
- Dutch: “Knossos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنوسوس”
- Esperanto: “Knossos”
- Estonian: “Knossos”
- Finnish: “Knossos”
- French: “Cnossos”
- French: “Palais de Cnossos”
- Galician: “Knossos”
- Georgian: “კნოსოსი”
- German: “Knossos”
- German: “Knossós”
- German: “Palast von Knossos”
- Greek: “Ανάκτορο της Κνωσού”
- Greek: “Κνωσός”
- Hebrew: “קנוסוס”
- Hindi: “क्नोसोस”
- Hungarian: “Knósszosz”
- Icelandic: “Knossos”
- Indonesian: “Knossos”
- Italian: “Cnosso”
- Japanese: “クノッソス”
- Kazakh: “Кносс”
- Korean: “크노소스”
- Latin: “Cnossus”
- Latvian: “Knosas pils”
- Limburgan: “Knossos”
- Lithuanian: “Knoso rūmai”
- Low German: “Knossos”
- Macedonian: “Кносос”
- Malay: “Knossos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Knossos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Knossos”
- Norwegian: “Knossos”
- Persian: “کنوسوس”
- Polish: “Knossos”
- Polish: “Pałac w Knossos”
- Portuguese: “Cnossos”
- Romanian: “Cnossos”
- Russian: “Кносс”
- Russian: “Кносский дворец”
- Serbian: “Knosos”
- Serbian: “Кносос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Knosos”
- Slovak: “Knóssos”
- Slovenian: “Knosos”
- Spanish: “Cnosos”
- Swedish: “Knossos”
- Tagalog: “Knossos”
- Tatar: “Кносс борынгы каласы”
- Thai: “คนอสซอส”
- Turkish: “Knossos”
- Ukrainian: “Кносс”
- Ukrainian: “Кносскій палац”
- Urdu: “کنوسوس”
- Uzbek: “Knos”
- Vietnamese: “Knossos”
- Waray (Philippines): “Knossos”
- Welsh: “Cnossos”
- Western Armenian: “Քնոսոս”
- Western Frisian: “Knossos”
- Wu Chinese: “克诺索斯”
- Yue Chinese: “克諾索斯”
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