Agios Georgios
Agios Georgios is a church in Santorini, Cyclades, South Aegean Islands and has about 681 residents. Agios Georgios is situated nearby to the village Emporeio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Church
- Description: village in Thira, Greece
- Also known as: “Aghios Georgios” and “Άγιος Γεώργιος”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vlychada and Tomato Industrial Museum.
Vlychada
Photo: ArticCynda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vlychada is a fishing village on the southern shore of Thira, the largest island in the Santorini archipelago. It is the largest coastal settlement on the south coast, and has the only marina of significance in the archipelago.
Tomato Industrial Museum
Museum
Photo: Lajmmoore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tomato Industrial Museum "D. Nomikos" is an industrial museum in Vlychada on the island of Santorini in Greece. It was founded as a tomato paste factory in 1945 but closed in 1981. Tomato Industrial Museum is situated 2 km west of Agios Georgios.
Ancient Thera
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ancient Thera is the name of an archaeological site from classical antiquity on the island of Santorini, which sits on the top of a limestone hill called Mesa Vouno. Ancient Thera is situated 3 km northeast of Agios Georgios.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Emporeio and Perissa.
Emporeio
Village
Photo: NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Emporeio, also known as Nimborios, is a village on the island of Santorini, Greece. It is located 12 km from Fira, near the Profitis Ilias Mountains. According to the 2021 census, the community of Emporio has 3,704 permanent inhabitants.
Perissa
Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Perissa is a sea-side village on the eastern shore of Thira, the largest island in the Santorini archipelago. It has a long black sand beach, which stretches to the neighbouring municipalities Perivolos and Agios Georgios with a near-continuous line of bars, hotels, and restaurants parallel with the beach.
Megalochori
Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Megalochori is a quiet traditional village in the heart of Santorini, sitting on a hill facing east. The roads narrow as you get closer to the village, a mixture of cream and white Cycladic houses with contrasting colourful wooden doors.
Agios Georgios
- Categories: village and religion
- Location: Santorini, Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Greek—“Agios Georgios” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “اجيوس جيورجيوس”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قريه اجيوس جيورجيوس”
- Finnish: “Ágios Geórgios (Thíra)”
- Finnish: “Ágios Geórgios”
- French: “Ágios Geórgios”
- French: “Áyios Yeóryios”
- French: “Saint-Georges”
- Greek: “Άγιος Γεώργιος Θήρας”
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