Gortyn
The Gortyn code was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern Crete.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: ancient Greek legal code and inscription in Gortyn
- Also known as: “Archaeological site of Gortyn”, “Archaeological site of Górtyn”, “Archaía Pólis Górtynos”, “Górtin”, “Górtun”, “Gortyn code”, “Górtys”, and “Law code of Gortyn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Basilica of Saint Titus and Odeon.
Basilica of Saint Titus
Church
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Basilica of Saint Titus is a church.
Odeon
Ruins
Photo: Oltau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Odeon is a ruins, which is situated 170 metres northwest of Gortyn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mitropoli and Agioi Deka.
Agioi Deka
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agioi Deka is a village in the Heraklion regional unit, Greece, with 785 inhabitants. It is located in the 44th km of the Heraklion-Tympaki national road and it is the centre of the municipality of Gortyna.
Gortyn
- Categories: code of law, inscription, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Gortyna, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Swedish—“Gortyn” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kanuni i Gortynit”
- Bosnian: “Gortinski zakonik”
- Bulgarian: “Гортински закони”
- Catalan: “Gortina”
- Catalan: “lleis de Gortina”
- Catalan: “Lleis de Gortina”
- Chinese: “格爾蒂法典”
- Czech: “Deltoi”
- Czech: “Dvanáct sloupců”
- Czech: “Gortynský zákoník”
- Czech: “Královna nápisů”
- Czech: “Velký nápis”
- Dutch: “Gortys”
- Dutch: “Recht van Gortyn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كود جورتين”
- Finnish: “gortynin lait”
- Finnish: “Gortynin lait”
- French: “Code de Gortyne”
- French: “Gortyne”
- French: “Lois de Gortyne”
- German: “Gortys”
- German: “Große Gesetzesinschrift von Gortyn”
- German: “Große Inschrift von Gortyn”
- German: “Große Inschrift”
- German: “Recht von Gortyn”
- German: “Stadtrecht von Gortyn”
- German: “Stadtrecht von Gortys”
- German: “Stadtrecht von Górtys”
- Greek: “Γόρτυς”
- Greek: “Επιγραφή της Γόρτυνας”
- Hebrew: “חוקי גורטין”
- Hungarian: “gortüszi törvény”
- Italian: “Gortina”
- Italian: “Grande iscrizione di Gortina”
- Italian: “Grande iscrizione di Gortyna”
- Italian: “Iscrizione di Gortina”
- Italian: “Iscrizione di Gortyna”
- Italian: “Leggi di Gortina”
- Italian: “Leggi di Gortyna”
- Japanese: “ゴルテュス法典”
- Korean: “고르틴 법전”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gortyns lovkodeks”
- Norwegian: “Gortyns lovkodeks”
- Persian: “قانون گورتون”
- Polish: “Gortyna”
- Polish: “Kodeks z Gortyny”
- Russian: “Гортинские законы”
- Serbian: “Gortinski zakonik”
- Serbian: “Гортински законик”
- Slovenian: “Gortinski zakonik”
- Spanish: “Gortina”
- Spanish: “Leyes de Gortina”
- Swedish: “Gortyn”
- Swedish: “Gortyns lagkodex”
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