Siteia
Siteia is a locality in Lasithi, Crete. Siteia is situated nearby to the village Katsidonio, as well as near the locality Kato Drys.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 27,700 residents
- Description: municipality in Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Municipality of Sitia” and “Sitia Municipality”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Minoan Villa of Zou.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Praisos and Karýdi.
Praisos
Locality
Praesus or Praisos, also Prasus or Prasos, was a Greek city in ancient Crete. Strabo reports that it belonged to the Eteocretes, and contained the temple of the Dictaean Zeus, for Mount Dicte was in the territory of Praesus. Praisos is situated 3½ km southwest of Siteia.
Karýdi
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karydi, officially Καρύδιον, is a village in the highlands of east Crete, Greece, part of the municipal unit Itanos. Under the Kallikratis Programme of 2011 it was made a local community. Karýdi is situated 4 km east of Siteia.
Piskokefalo
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piskokefalo is a village, which is situated 5 km northwest of Siteia.
Siteia
- Category: municipality of Greece
- Location: Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Siteia” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sitia”
- Cebuano: “Dimos Siteia”
- French: “dème de Sitía”
- French: “Dème de Sitía”
- Greek: “Δήμος Σητείας”
- Greek: “Σητείας”
- Ido: “Municipo Sitia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sitia kommune”
- Polish: “Sitia”
- Portuguese: “Siteía”
- Portuguese: “Sitía”
- Russian: “Сития”
- Spanish: “Dímos Siteías”
- Spanish: “municipio de Siteia”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Siteia”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Sitía”
- Spanish: “Δήμος Σητείας”
- Swedish: “Dimos Siteia”
- Turkish: “İstiye belediyesi”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Sitia”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Katsidonio and Epáno Drys.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Briniás and Chalavrás.
Lasithi: Must-Visit Destinations
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