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Kamilari

Kamilari is a village on the island of , . There is an archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery nearby, the Kamilari Minoan Tholos tomb and a Roman graveyard at the slopes of the Ovgora hill.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: village in Greece
  • Also known as: “Kamilárion” and “Tholos Tomb of Kamilari”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hagia Triada and Phaistos.

Archaeological site
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, is a Minoan archaeological site in . The site includes the remains of an extensive settlement noted for its monumental NeoPalatial and PostPalatial period buildings especially the large Royal Villa. is situated 1½ km north of Kamilari.

Archaeological site
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern , a municipality in south central . is situated 2½ km east of Kamilari.

Ruins
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The , or Phaistos Disk, is a disc of fired clay from the island of , , possibly from the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age, bearing a text in an unknown script and language. is situated 2½ km east of Kamilari.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pitsidia and Voroi.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Kamilari.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Kamilari.

Town
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is a town and a former municipality in the , Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms, it is a part of the municipality of , of which it is a municipal unit, the unit has an area of 157.122 km2. is situated 3½ km northwest of Kamilari.

Kamilari

Latitude
35.04536° or 35° 2′ 43″ north
Longitude
24.78692° or 24° 47′ 13″ east
Population
379
Elevation
105 metres (344 feet)
Open location code
8G762QWP+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3498505233
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
261204
Wiki­data ID
Q992221
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Kamilari” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Kamilari”
  • Dutch: “Kamilari”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاميلارى”
  • French: “Kamilari”
  • French: “Kamilári”
  • German: “Kamilari”
  • German: “Tholos-Grab von Kamilari”
  • Greek: “Θόλωτος Τάφος Καμηλαρήου”
  • Greek: “Καμηλάρι Ηρακλείου”
  • Greek: “Καμηλάρι”
  • Greek: “Καμηλάριον”
  • Portuguese: “Camilári”
  • Portuguese: “Kamilari”
  • Spanish: “Kamilari”
  • Turkish: “Kamilari”

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