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Dhiktean Cave

Psychro Cave is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in in the district of eastern . Psychro is associated with the Dictaean or Diktaian Cave, one of the putative sites of the birth of Zeus.
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave near Psychro village, Crete, Greece
  • Also known as: “Cave of Zeus”, “Dictate Antron”, “Diktaean Cave”, “Diktaean Cave / Cave of Zeus”, “Diktaian Cave”, “Dikteon Andron”, “Dikteon Antron”, “Dikteon Cave”, and “Psychro Cave”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lasithi Plateau and Monastery Vidiani.

Photo: SunTW, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a high endorheic plateau, located in the regional unit in eastern , . Since the 1997 Kapodistrias reform, it is a municipality whose seat is Tzermiado and the second biggest village is .

Monastery
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km north of Dhiktean Cave.

Residential area
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agios Georgios is a village in the in the island of , and also a municipal unit. Agios Georgios lies at an altitude of 840 metres. is situated 3½ km east of Dhiktean Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Psichro and Avrakondes.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Dhiktean Cave.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Dhiktean Cave.

Dhiktean Cave

Latitude
35.16286° or 35° 9′ 46″ north
Longitude
25.44506° or 25° 26′ 42″ east
Elevation
993 metres (3,258 feet)
Open location code
8G775C7W+42
Open­Street­Map ID
node 266912491
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­construction
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6692210
Wiki­data ID
Q1643807
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Dhiktean Cave” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դիկտեյական քարանձավ”
  • Bulgarian: “Диктейска пещера”
  • Bulgarian: “Психро (пещера)”
  • Catalan: “Cova de Dicte”
  • Cebuano: “Dhiktean Cave”
  • Chinese: “靈能洞”
  • Dutch: “Psychro Cave”
  • Finnish: “Díktin luola”
  • French: “antre du Dikté”
  • French: “grotte de Psychró”
  • French: “Grotte de Psychró”
  • French: “grotte du Dikté”
  • French: “Grotte du Mont Dicté”
  • German: “Diktäische Höhle”
  • German: “Höhle von Psychro”
  • German: “Zeus-Höhle;Diktäische Höhle”
  • Greek: “Δικταίο άντρο”
  • Greek: “Δικταίο Άντρο”
  • Greek: “Δικταίον Αντρον”
  • Greek: “Δικταίον άντρον”
  • Greek: “Σπήλαιο Ψυχρού”
  • Hausa: “Gidan Psychro”
  • Italian: “Psychro”
  • Japanese: “ディクテオン洞窟”
  • Macedonian: “Психро”
  • Persian: “غار زئوس”
  • Polish: “Jaskinia Zeusa Psychro (Grota Diktejska)”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna de Dícti”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna de Psicro”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna de Psychro”
  • Portuguese: “Diktieon Andron”
  • Russian: “Диктейская пещера”
  • Russian: “Пещера Зевса”
  • Russian: “Пещера Псиро”
  • Serbian: “Psihro pećina”
  • Slovenian: “Diktejska jama”
  • Slovenian: “jama Psihro”
  • Slovenian: “Δικταίο άντρο”
  • Spanish: “caverna del Dicte”
  • Spanish: “Caverna del Dicte”
  • Spanish: “Caverna del Psychro”
  • Swedish: “Dhiktean Cave”
  • Ukrainian: “Діктейська печера (Печера Псіхро)”
  • Ukrainian: “Діктейська печера”

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