Achlada
Achlada is a village and a community in the Cretan municipality of Malevizi, and belongs to the municipal unit of Gazi, in Heraklion regional unit. The inhabitants are shepherds and farmers who cultivate mostly fruits and vegetables in the surrounding hills and landscape, which are few kilometres from the sea shore.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 57 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Also known as: “Achlada, Crete”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum of El Greco and Fodele Beach.
Museum of El Greco
Museum
Photo: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of El Greco is located on the edge of the village of Fodele in Crete, Greece, west of the city of Heraklion. It celebrates the mannerist painter El Greco, who grew up in the village. Museum of El Greco is situated 4 km west of Achlada.
Fodele Beach
Beach
Photo: NiTenIchiRyu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fodele Beach is situated 3½ km west of Achlada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agia Pelagia and Fodele.
Agia Pelagia
Village
Photo: Stegop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agia Pelagia is a popular seaside resort in the municipality of Malevizi, 23 km northwest of Crete's capital city of Heraklion. In former times, Agia Pelagia was a tiny fishing village and a place for the residents of nearby Achlada village to grow their crops. Agia Pelagia is situated 2½ km northeast of Achlada.
Fodele
Village
Photo: NiTenIchiRyu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fodele is a village, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Achlada.
Rodia
Village
Rodia is a village and a community of Gazi municipal unit in Heraklion regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. The community of Rodia is spread on 21.6 km2 and encircles following villages and areas: Rodia, Kapetanaki Metochi, Linoperamata, Pantanassa, Palaiokastro, Savatiana Monastery. Rodia is situated 4½ km southeast of Achlada.
Achlada
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Malevizi, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.39521° or 35° 23′ 43″ northLongitude
24.9909° or 24° 59′ 27″ eastPopulation
57Elevation
302 metres (991 feet)Open location code
8G769XWR+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 3639816018OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
265464Wikidata ID
Q340538
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Achlada” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Achlada”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اتشلادا كريتى”
- Finnish: “Achláda”
- French: “Achláda”
- German: “Achlada (Malevizi)”
- German: “Achlada”
- Greek: “Αχλάδα Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Αχλάδα”
- Greek: “Δημοτικό διαμέρισμα Αχλάδας Ηρακλείου”
- Russian: “Ахлада”
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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 “Achlada”. Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.