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Phaistos

Phaistos, also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern , a municipality in south central .
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  • Opening hours:
    April 1st—October 31st: 8:00 AM—8:00 PM
    November 1st—March 31st: 8:30 AM—3:00 PM
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient Greek city in Crete
  • Also known as: “Archaía Pólis Faistós”, “Archeological site of Phaistos”, “Faistós”, “Festos”, “Phaestos”, “Phaestus”, and “Phaistós”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Phaistos Disc and Palace of Phaistos.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Photo: Marsyas, CC BY 2.5.

Square
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
is a square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Voroi and Petrokefali.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 3 km southeast of Phaistos.

Village
Photo: Rob de Vries, CC BY 2.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Phaistos.

Phaistos

Latitude
35.05115° or 35° 3′ 4″ north
Longitude
24.81442° or 24° 48′ 52″ east
Elevation
86 metres (282 feet)
Open location code
8G763R27+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27217065
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
262531
Wiki­data ID
Q249707
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Phaistos” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Phaistos”
  • Arabic: “فيستوس”
  • Armenian: “Ֆեստոս”
  • Basque: “Festo”
  • Belarusian: “Фест”
  • Bulgarian: “Фестос”
  • Catalan: “Festos”
  • Catalan: “Phaistos”
  • Chinese: “斐斯托斯”
  • Chinese: “菲斯托斯”
  • Czech: “Faistos”
  • Danish: “Festos”
  • Dutch: “Festos”
  • Dutch: “Phaestus”
  • Dutch: “Phaistos”
  • Finnish: “Faistos”
  • French: “Festos”
  • French: “Phaestos”
  • French: “Phaestus”
  • French: “Phaistos”
  • French: “Phaïstos”
  • French: “Site Archéologique de Phaistos”
  • Georgian: “ფესტოსი”
  • German: “Ausgrabungsstätte Phaistos”
  • German: “Phaistos”
  • Greek: “Αρχαιολογικοί Χώρο Φαιστός”
  • Greek: “Φαιστός”
  • Hebrew: “פאיסטוס”
  • Hungarian: “Phaisztosz”
  • Indonesian: “Phaestos”
  • Indonesian: “Phaestus”
  • Indonesian: “Phaistos”
  • Italian: “Festo”
  • Japanese: “ファイストス”
  • Latin: “Phaestus”
  • Lithuanian: “Faistas”
  • Macedonian: “Фест”
  • Macedonian: “Фестос”
  • Persian: “فیستوس”
  • Polish: “Fajstos”
  • Portuguese: “Faesto (Creta)”
  • Portuguese: “Faestos (Creta)”
  • Portuguese: “Faistó (Creta)”
  • Portuguese: “Faistós (Creta)”
  • Portuguese: “Festo”
  • Portuguese: “Festos (Creta)”
  • Portuguese: “Phaistos (Creta)”
  • Romanian: “Phaistos”
  • Russian: “Фест”
  • Serbian: “Фестос”
  • Slovak: “Faistos”
  • Slovenian: “Fajstos”
  • Spanish: “Festo”
  • Spanish: “Festos”
  • Spanish: “Phaistos”
  • Swedish: “Faistos”
  • Swiss German: “Phaistos”
  • Tatar: “Фест борынгы каласы”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Phaistos”
  • Turkish: “Phaestus”
  • Turkish: “Phaistos”
  • Turkish: “Phayttus”
  • Ukrainian: “Фест”
  • Urdu: “فیستوس”
  • Western Armenian: “Ֆեսթոս”
  • “𐀞𐀂𐀵”

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