Spinalonga
Spinalonga is an island in the Gulf of Elounda, north-eastern Crete, in the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, next to the town of Plaka in the area of Kalydon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Gulf of Elounda in north-eastern Crete
- Also known as: “Nisída Kalydón”, “Nisída Spinalónga”, “Nisís Kalidhón”, “Nisís Kalydón”, “Nísos Spinalónga”, “Spinalonga Island”, and “史宾纳隆加岛”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Spinalonga fort and Tripartite Building.
Tripartite Building
Historic building
Photo: Charlie Phillips, CC BY 2.0.
Tripartite Building is a historic building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plaka and Elounda.
Plaka
Hamlet
Photo: Prekario, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plaka is a village in Lasithi, Crete. It is part of the community Vrouchas, in the municipality of Agios Nikolaos. It neighbours the town of Elounda and is close to the historical island of Spinalonga.
Elounda
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elounda is a city on Crete. It is a seaside and popular tourist destination known for its luxury seaside resorts.
Fourni
Village
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fourni is a village, which is situated 8 km southwest of Spinalonga.
Spinalonga
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Spinalonga” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Spinalonga”
- Arabic: “سبينالونجا”
- Bulgarian: “Спиналонга”
- Catalan: “Spinalonga”
- Cebuano: “Nisída Spinalógka”
- Chinese: “史賓納隆加島”
- Chinese: “斯皮纳隆加岛”
- Croatian: “Spinalonga”
- Czech: “Kalydon”
- Czech: “Spinalonga”
- Danish: “Spinalonga”
- Dutch: “Kalidonia”
- Dutch: “Spinalonga”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سپينالونجا”
- Esperanto: “Spinalonga”
- Estonian: “Spinalógka”
- Finnish: “Spinalonga”
- Finnish: “Spinalónga”
- French: “Spinalonga”
- French: “Spinalónga”
- Galician: “Kalidon”
- German: “Kalydon”
- German: “Spinalonga”
- Greek: “Καλυδών Λασιθίου”
- Greek: “Καλυδών”
- Greek: “Νησίδα Καλυδών”
- Greek: “Νησίδα Σπιναλόγκα”
- Greek: “Σπιναλόγκα”
- Greek: “Σπιναλόνγκα”
- Hebrew: “ספינלונגה”
- Italian: “Spinalonga”
- Japanese: “スピナロンガ”
- Japanese: “スピナロンガ島”
- Maltese: “Kalydon”
- Maltese: “Spinalonga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Spinalonga”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Spinalonga”
- Norwegian: “Spinalonga”
- Persian: “اسپینالونگا”
- Polish: “Spinalonga”
- Portuguese: “Espinalonga”
- Portuguese: “Kalidon”
- Portuguese: “Spinalonga”
- Romanian: “Insula leproșilor”
- Russian: “Калидон”
- Russian: “Остров прокажённых”
- Russian: “Спиналонга”
- Serbian: “Спиналонга”
- Slovak: “Spinalonga”
- Slovenian: “Spinalonga”
- Spanish: “Spinalonga”
- Swedish: “Spinalonga”
- Turkish: “İspirlonga Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Спіналонга”
- Ukrainian: “Спінолонга”
- Urdu: “سپینالونگا”
- Venetian: “Spinalonga”
- Vietnamese: “Spinalonga”
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