Kamares
Kamares is a village in south-central Crete, Greece. It is the location of the archaeological site of Kamares Cave, a Minoan sacred cave. The sacred cave at Kamares is slightly offset from a saddle in the Psiloriti Range virtually aligned with the location of nearby Phaistos.- Type: Village with 331 residents
- Description: village in Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Kamárai”, “Kamare”, and “Kamares, Crete”
- Postal code: 700 02
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kamares Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vorizia and Apodoulou.
Kamares
Latitude
35.15301° or 35° 9′ 11″ north
Longitude
24.81906° or 24° 49′ 9″ east
Population
331
Elevation
584 metres (1,916 feet)
Open location code
8G765R39+6J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Kamares” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kamares”
- Dutch: “Kamares”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاماريس كريتى”
- Finnish: “Kamáres”
- French: “Kamáre”
- French: “Kamáres”
- German: “Kamare”
- German: “Kamares”
- Greek: “Καμάραι”
- Greek: “Καμάρες Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Καμάρες”
- Italian: “Kamares”
- Japanese: “カマレス (クレタ島)”
- Portuguese: “Camares”
- Portuguese: “Kamares”
- Russian: “Камаре”
- Spanish: “Kamares”
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