Episkopi

Episkopi is a former municipality in the , , . Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit.
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  • Type: Village with 967 residents
  • Description: village in Heraklion, Crete, Greece
  • Also known as: “Episkopi, Heraklion” and “Piskopí”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nikos Kazantzakis Museum and Monastery Agarathos.

Museum
Photo: Pylambert, Public domain.
The is a in village in the of , in . It is 20 km south of the town of and it is dedicated to the life and work of the famous writer Nikos Kazantzakis, a 9 times candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature and known worldwide for his book "Zorba the Greek" and "The Last Temptation of Christ". is situated 3½ km southwest of Episkopi.

Church
The Agarathos Monastery, officially the Holy Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, is a Greek Orthodox monastery situated near the village of Sgourokefali in the region of central , . is situated 3½ km south of Episkopi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sgourokefali and Aitania.

Village
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is a village.

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

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Greek village in the , , . It is located at an altitude of 260 m, some 17 kilometres from the city of , in the valley of the Stavromenos river. Its population numbers 285.

Episkopi

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
node 938780826
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
262655
Wiki­data ID
Q7219
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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 (lungsod sa Gresya, Crete)”
  • Cebuano: “Episkopí”
  • Dutch: “Episkopi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قرية يپيسكوپى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يپيسكوپى”
  • Finnish: “Episkopí”
  • French: “Episkopí, Héraklion”
  • 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 (ort i Grekland, Kreta)”
  • Swedish: “Episkopí”
  • Turkish: “Piskopi”

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