Archanes
Archanes is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archanes-Asterousia, of which it is a municipal unit.Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality with 3,880 residents
- Description: town in Herakleion regional unit, Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Ano Archanes” and “Upper Archanes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archaeological Collection of Archanes and Archaeological site of Archanes.
Nekropole of Phourni
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Phourni is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery in Crete, established in 2400 BC and lasted until 1200 BC. Phourni is Greek for "furnace, oven" and the name of the hill on which the cemetery is located.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Katalagari and Kounavi.
Peza
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peza is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Archanes.
Archanes
- Category: village
- Location: Archanes-Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Archanes” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إبانو أركاني (إراكليون)”
- Arabic: “إبانو أركاني”
- Bulgarian: “Арчанес”
- Catalan: “Archanes”
- Catalan: “Nirou”
- Catalan: “Phourni”
- Catalan: “Pournis”
- Cebuano: “Archanes”
- Dutch: “Archanes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ارتشانيس”
- Esperanto: “Arĥanes”
- Finnish: “Archánes”
- French: “Archanès”
- French: “Archánes”
- French: “Arkhanes”
- German: “Archanes”
- German: “Archánes”
- Greek: “Αρχάνες”
- Greek: “Επάνω Αρχάνες Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Επάνω Αρχάνες”
- Italian: “Archanes”
- Japanese: “アルカネス”
- Latin: “Archanae”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arkhánes”
- Polish: “Archanes”
- Polish: “Epano Archanes”
- Russian: “Арханес”
- Russian: “Эпано-Архане”
- Spanish: “Arcanes”
- Spanish: “Arjanes”
- Swedish: “Archanes”
- Turkish: “Arhos”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Necropolis of Phourni and Mount Juktas.
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