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Lyttοs

Lyttοs is a village in , , and has about 225 residents. Lyttοs is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near the village .
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  • Type: Village with 225 residents
  • Description: modern village in Herakleion, Crete, Greece
  • Also known as: “Lyttos” and “Xidas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lyktos and Kasteli Air Base.

Archaeological site
was a city in ancient . During the Classical and Roman periods, it was one of the major settlements on the island. Its ruins are located near the modern-day village of Lyttos in the municipality of , .

Aerodrome
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kasteli International Airport — also known as the New International Airport of Heraklion, Crete — is an under construction on the Greek island of . is situated 3 km southwest of Lyttοs.

Archaeological site
The is a large Minoan architectural ensemble dated to between 2000 and 1700 BCE, constructed of several concentric circles located at the highest point of Papoura hill, northwest of the town of on the island of , Greece. is situated 4 km northwest of Lyttοs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Polithea and Kastelli.

Village
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is a village.

Village
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, often called Pediadas to differentiate it from is a village and a former municipality in the , , .

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

Lyttοs

Latitude
35.20396° or 35° 12′ 14″ north
Longitude
25.35904° or 25° 21′ 33″ east
Population
225
Elevation
484 metres (1,588 feet)
Open location code
8G776935+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 418113457
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8199356
Wiki­data ID
Q56293133
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Russian—“Lyttοs” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليكتوس”
  • Finnish: “Lyttós”
  • Finnish: “Lýttos”
  • French: “Lýttos”
  • French: “Xidás”
  • German: “Littós”
  • German: “Lyttos”
  • German: “Lyttós”
  • Greek: “Λυττός Ηρακλείου”
  • Greek: “Λύττος Ηρακλείου”
  • Greek: “Λύττος”
  • Greek: “Ξιδάς”
  • Greek: “Ξυδάς”
  • Russian: “Литос”
  • Russian: “Литтос”

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Highlights include Άγιος Χαράλαμπος and Άγιοι Ανάργυροι.

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