Episkopi
Episkopi is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Hersonissos, of which it is a municipal unit.- Type: Village with 967 residents
- Description: village in Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Episkopí (lungsod sa Gresya, Crete)”, “Episkopí (ort i Grekland, Kreta)”, “Episkopi, Heraklion”, “Episkopí, Héraklion”, and “Piskopí”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Nikos Kazantzakis Museum and Monastery Agarathos.
Nikos Kazantzakis Museum
Museum
Monastery Agarathos
Church
The Agarathos Monastery, officially the Holy Monastery… Monastery Agarathos is situated 3½ km south of Episkopi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sgourokefali and Aitania.
Episkopi
- Category: locality
- Location: Chersonissos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.25688° or 35° 15′ 25″ north
Longitude
25.23779° or 25° 14′ 16″ east
Population
967
Elevation
362 metres (1,188 feet)
Open location code
8G77764Q+Q4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Episkopi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إبيسكوبي، إراكليون”
- Arabic: “إبيسكوبي”
- Belarusian: “Эпіскопі”
- Cebuano: “Episkopí”
- Dutch: “Episkopi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قرية يپيسكوپى”
- Egyptian Arabic: “يپيسكوپى”
- Finnish: “Episkopí”
- French: “Episkopí”
- German: “Episkopi”
- Greek: “Επισκοπή Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Επισκοπή”
- Italian: “Episkopi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Episkopí i Iráklio”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Episkopí”
- Russian: “Эпископи”
- Spanish: “Episkopi”
- Swedish: “Episkopí”
- Turkish: “Piskopi”
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Places to explore: Stamni and Chochlakies.
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Highlights: ΚΕΠ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣ and Tower of Stamnoi.
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