Kapetaniana
Kapetaniana is a small village in the municipality of Gortyn on the island of Crete in Greece. The village has between 50 and 100 inhabitants and is built on the slopes of Asterousia Mountains at an altitude of 750m, with views of the Libyan Sea and the Messara Plain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Koumasa.
Koumasa
Archaeological site
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Koumasa is a Minoan archaeological site in southern Crete, best known for its large prepalatial cemetery. It is located between the villages of Loukia and Koumasa, at the southern edge of the Mesara Plain and near the foothills of the Asterousia Mountains. Koumasa is situated 3½ km northwest of Kapetaniana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fournofarago and Stavies.
Fournofarago
Village
Fournofarago is a small village located in southern Crete, Greece. Fournofarago is situated 3½ km northwest of Kapetaniana.
Stavies
Village
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Stavies is a small village in the southern part of Crete, Greece. This village is built at a height of 240 m above sea-level, on the south edge of the valley of Messara and is mentioned in the Archives of Chandax in 1370. Stavies is situated 4½ km north of Kapetaniana.
Vasiliki
Hamlet
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Vasiliki is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km northwest of Kapetaniana.
Kapetaniana
- Type: Hamlet with 49 residents
- Description: village in Heraklio, Crete, Greece
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Gortyna, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
34.96465° or 34° 57′ 53″ northLongitude
25.04232° or 25° 2′ 32″ eastPopulation
49Elevation
810 metres (2,657 feet)Open location code
8G67X27R+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 742232503OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
261121Wikidata ID
Q1728511
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Kapetaniana” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kapetaniana”
- French: “Kapetanianá”
- German: “Kapetaniana”
- Greek: “Καπετανιανά Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Καπετανιανά”
- Irish: “Kapetaniana”
- Russian: “Капетаниана”
Localities in the Area
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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 “Kapetaniana”. Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.