Anafonitria
Anafonitria is a settlement on Zakynthos island, Greece. It is located in the northwestern part of the island, 2 km from the coast, 3 km south of Volimes and 23 km northwest of Zakynthos City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 221 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Also known as: “Plemonárion”
- Postal code: 29091
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anafonitria Monastery and Panagiotis.
Panagiotis
Photo: Badgernet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Panagiotis is a shipwreck lying in the white sands of an exposed cove on the coast of Zakynthos, which is among the southernmost of the Ionian Islands of Greece. Panagiotis is situated 2½ km northwest of Anafonitria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Volimes and Maries.
Volimes
Village
Volimes is a community in the mountainous northwestern part of the Ionian island of Zakynthos. It was the seat of the municipality of Elatia. The community includes the villages Agios Nikolaos, Askos, Varvara, Elies, Korithi and the uninhabited islet Agios Andreas. Volimes is situated 3 km north of Anafonitria.
Maries
Village
Maries is a mountain settlement on Zakynthos island, Greece. The village itself is named after both Mary Magdalene and Mary of Klopas. Traditional stories tell of Mary Magdalene having dropped anchor at Porto Vromi in order to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Maries is situated 4 km southeast of Anafonitria.
Ekso Chora
Village
Exo Chora is a village and a community on Zakynthos island, Greece. It is situated near the rugged west coast of the island, 2 km south of Maries and 19 km west of Zakynthos. The community consists of the villages Exo Chora and Kampi. Ekso Chora is situated 6 km southeast of Anafonitria.
Anafonitria
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Zakynthos, Nomós Zakýnthou, Ionian Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.84716° or 37° 50′ 50″ northLongitude
20.65102° or 20° 39′ 4″ eastPopulation
221Elevation
334 metres (1,096 feet)Open location code
8G92RMW2+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 281688389OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
265131Wikidata ID
Q4750814
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Anafonitria” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Anafonítria”
- Dutch: “Anafonitria”
- Finnish: “Anafonítria”
- French: “Anafonitria”
- French: “Anafonítria”
- German: “Anafaonitria”
- Greek: “Αναφωνήτρια Ζακύνθου”
- Greek: “Αναφωνήτρια”
- Irish: “Anafonitria”
- Russian: “Анафонитрия”
- Swedish: “Anafonítria”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tower of Monastery of Anafonitria and Tower of Agios Georgios.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Anafonitria”. Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.