Gortyna
Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna is a municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean island of Crete 45 km away from the island's capital, Heraklion.
- Locality with about 17,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 210 metres (680 feet)
- Description: municipality in Crete, Greece
- Also known as“Gortyn”“Gortyn Municipality”“Municipality of Gortyna”“Γόρτυν”
Places of Interest
Discover Great Inscription (5th c. BC) and South Theatre.
Great Inscription (5th c. BC)
The Gortyn code was a legal code that was the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agioi Deka and Kastelli.
Agioi Deka
Agioi Deka is a village in the Heraklion regional unit, Greece, with 785 inhabitants.
Gortyna
- Category: municipality of Greece
- Location
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Latitude
35.0617° or 35° 3′ 42″ north
Longitude
24.9474° or 24° 56′ 51″ east
Open location code
8G763W6W+MW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = locality
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Gortyna” goes by many names.
GortinaCatalan
Dimos GortynaCebuano
戈尔廷Chinese
戈尔蒂纳Chinese
GortynaDutch
بلدية جورتينEgyptian Arabic
dimos GórtinasEsperanto
GórtinaEsperanto
GórtynaFinnish
Górtynan kuntaFinnish
ΓόρτυναGreek
ΓόρτυναςGreek
Δήμος ΓόρτυναςGreek
גורטיןHebrew
Municipo GortinaIdo
GortynIndonesian
GortinaItalian
ゴルティナJapanese
ゴルテュスJapanese
ゴルテュンJapanese
ГортинMacedonian
ГортинаMacedonian
GórtynaNorwegian Nynorsk
GortinaPolish
JortynasPolish
ГортинаRussian
Dimos GortinaSlovenian
Občina GortinaSlovenian
Δήμος ΓόρτυναςSlovenian
Dimos GortynaSwedish
GortinaTurkish
گورتینUrdu
GortynaVietnamese
Bwrdeistref GortynWelsh
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