Agios Vasilios
Agios Vasilios is a village in Archanes-Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete and has about 386 residents. Agios Vasilios is situated nearby to the village Kalloni, as well as near Choudetsi.Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 386 residents
- Description: village in Archanes-Asterousia Municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Ayios Vasilios”, “Áyios Vasílios”, and “Áyios Vasílis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle of Meleses and Vathypetro.
Vathypetro
Archaeological site
Photo: Elisa Triolo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vathypetro is an archaeological site, four kilometres south of the town of Archanes on Crete. It contains some of the oldest wine presses in the world. Vathypetro is situated 4 km west of Agios Vasilios.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalloni and Choudetsi.
Agios Vasilios
- Category: locality
- Location: Archanes-Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.19655° or 35° 11′ 48″ northLongitude
25.19039° or 25° 11′ 25″ eastPopulation
386Elevation
364 metres (1,194 feet)Open location code
8G7755WR+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 418485761OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
263705Wikidata ID
Q16322606
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Agios Vasilios” goes by many names.
- French: “Ágios Vassílios”
- German: “Agios Vasilios”
- Greek: “Άγιος Βασίλειος Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Άγιος Βασίλειος Πεδιάδας”
- Greek: “Άγιος Βασίλειος Πεδιάδος Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Άγιος Βασίλειος”
- Russian: “Агиос Василиас”
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Highlights include Panayia Spiliotissa and Rhous Tamiolakis Winery.
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