Crete
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Ierapetra

Gournia

Gournia is the site of a Minoan palace complex in the regional unit on the island of , . Its modern name originated from the many stone troughs that are at the site and its original name for the site is unknown.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Sunday: 8:00 AM—3:00 PM
    public holidays: closed
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: The site of a Minoan palace complex on the island of Crete.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pacheia Ammos and Vasiliki.

Village
Photo: Max Ryazanov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the municipality of on the island of in . It is located on the north coast of the island, 15 km to the north of the city of Ierapetra, at the fork in the road that leads to in the west and in the east.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the name of a village in the municipality of , in the prefecture of , on , and the name of the nearby Minoan archeological site. The site took its name from the village. is situated 3 km southeast of Gournia.

Photo: ArtemiyPavlov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the Lasithi Prefecture region of .

Gournia

Latitude
35.10949° or 35° 6′ 34″ north
Longitude
25.79262° or 25° 47′ 33″ east
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
8G774Q5V+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 147872926
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
261929
Wiki­data ID
Q1540236
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Armenian—“Gournia” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Gournia”
  • Catalan: “Gurnià”
  • Cebuano: “Gourniá”
  • Chinese: “古爾尼亞”
  • Czech: “Gournia”
  • Dutch: “Gournia”
  • Finnish: “Gourniá”
  • French: “Gournia”
  • German: “Gournia”
  • German: “Goúrnia”
  • German: “Gurnia”
  • Greek: “Γουρνιά”
  • Hebrew: “גורניה”
  • Italian: “Gournia”
  • Italian: “Gurnià”
  • Kannada: “ಗೂರ್ನಿಯ”
  • Latin: “Gurnia”
  • Lithuanian: “Gurnija”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gournia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gournia”
  • Norwegian: “Gournia”
  • Polish: “Gournia”
  • Polish: “Gurnia”
  • Portuguese: “Gournia”
  • Portuguese: “Gúrnia”
  • Russian: “Гурния”
  • Slovak: “Gurnia”
  • Slovak: “Gúrnia”
  • Slovak: “Mesto malých ľudí”
  • Slovak: “Minojské Pompeje”
  • Slovenian: “Gournija”
  • Spanish: “Gurnia”
  • Spanish: “Gurniá”
  • Swedish: “Gournia”
  • Western Armenian: “Ղուրնիա”

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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 “Gournia”. Photo: Lourakis, Public domain.