Episkopi Gonias
Episkopi Gonias also Mesa Gonia is a village and a community on the island of Santorini in Greece, located 6 km southeast of the capital Fira. The village is built on the foothills of Profitis Ilias mountain and had 187 inhabitants according to the 2021 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 187 residents
- Description: village in Thira, Greece
- Also known as: “Episkopi Ghonias”, “Episkopí Goniá”, “Mesa Gonia”, and “Mésa Goniá”
- Postal code: 84700
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santorini International Airport and Moni Profiti Ilia (Santorini).
Santorini International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santorini International Airport is an airport in Santorini, Greece, located north of the village of Kamari. The airport serves as both a military and a civil airport.
Moni Profiti Ilia (Santorini)
Church
Photo: SteliosA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moni Profiti Ilia (Santorini) is a church.
Ancient Thera
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ancient Thera is the name of an archaeological site from classical antiquity on the island of Santorini, which sits on the top of a limestone hill called Mesa Vouno. Ancient Thera is situated 3 km southeast of Episkopi Gonias.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pyrgos and Vothonas.
Pyrgos
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Pyrgos is a town in central Thira, the largest island of the Santorini archipelago in the Cyclades islands of Greece. It is home to one of 5 Venetian castles that were built on the island to defend it against invaders.
Vothonas
Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.
Vothonas is a small rock in Santorini. A tangle of paths lead from the village up to the houses built into the cliffs. Much as the villagers did in Caldera, the residents built their homes in the rocky walls of the ravine.
Kamari
Episkopi Gonias
- Category: locality
- Location: Santorini, Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.38358° or 36° 23′ 1″ northLongitude
25.46029° or 25° 27′ 37″ eastPopulation
187Elevation
100 metres (328 feet)Open location code
8G879FM6+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1842740532OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
262640Wikidata ID
Q12877227
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Turkish—“Episkopi Gonias” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “اپيسكوپى جونياس”
- Finnish: “Episkopí Goniás”
- French: “Episkopí Goniás”
- Greek: “Επισκοπή Γωνιάς Θήρας”
- Greek: “Επισκοπή Γωνιάς”
- Greek: “Μέσα Γωνιά”
- Polish: “Mesa Gonia”
- Russian: “Епископи Гониас”
- Russian: “Эпископи-Гоньяс”
- Turkish: “Piskopi”
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