Agios Thomas
Agios Thomas is a village in Gortyna, Heraklion, Crete and has about 604 residents. Agios Thomas is situated nearby to the village Preveliana, as well as near the hamlet Pirouniana.Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 604 residents
- Description: village in Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Ayios Thomas” and “Áyios Thomás”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Melissa fortress and Prinias.
Prinias
Archaeological site
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prinias is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Agios Thomas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Megali Vrisi and Agia Varvara.
Agia Varvara
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agia Varvara is a village, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Agios Thomas.
Prinias
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prinias is an archaeological site in Crete that has revealed a seventh-century BCE temple with striking similarities to ancient Egyptian architecture, including an Egyptianised seated goddess. Prinias is situated 4 km west of Agios Thomas.
Agios Thomas
Latitude
35.14682° or 35° 8′ 49″ northLongitude
25.03573° or 25° 2′ 9″ eastPopulation
604Elevation
556 metres (1,824 feet)Open location code
8G7742WP+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 738420292OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
263715Wikidata ID
Q12271153
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Russian—“Agios Thomas” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Агиос Томас (дем Гортина)”
- Bulgarian: “Агиос Томас”
- Finnish: “Ágios Thomás (Iraklion)”
- Finnish: “Ágios Thomás”
- French: “Ágios Thomás”
- French: “Saint-Thomas”
- German: “Agios Thomas”
- Greek: “Άγιος Θωμάς Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Άγιος Θωμάς”
- Russian: “Агиос Томас”
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Localities in the Area
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