Aitania
Aitania is a village in Chersonissos, Heraklion, Crete and has about 211 residents. Aitania is situated nearby to the village Stamni, as well as near Episkopi.Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nikos Kazantzakis Museum.
Nikos Kazantzakis Museum
Museum
Photo: Pylambert, Public domain.
The Nikos Kazantzakis Museum is a museum in Myrtia village in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete, in Greece. It is 20 km south of the town of Heraklion 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". Nikos Kazantzakis Museum is situated 4 km south of Aitania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Episkopi and Epano Vatheia.
Episkopi
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Episkopi is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Hersonissos, of which it is a municipal unit.
Epano Vatheia
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Epano Vatheia is a Greek village in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. It is located at an altitude of 260 m, some 17 kilometres from the city of Heraklion, in the valley of the Stavromenos river. Its population numbers 285.
Skalani
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skalani is a village, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Aitania.
Aitania
- Type: Village with 211 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Category: locality
- Location: Chersonissos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.26888° or 35° 16′ 8″ northLongitude
25.21889° or 25° 13′ 8″ eastPopulation
211Elevation
281 metres (922 feet)Open location code
8G777699+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1391528048OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
265511Wikidata ID
Q12874257
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Aitania” goes by many names.
- French: “Aïtánia”
- French: “Icania”
- French: “Itagnia Apano”
- French: “Itagnia Cato”
- German: “Aitania”
- Greek: “Αϊτάνια Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Αϊτάνια”
- Russian: “Айтанья”
- Turkish: “Aitania”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stamni and Skopela.
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