Amnisos
Amnisos, also Amnissos and Amnisus, is the current but unattested name given to a Bronze Age settlement on the north shore of Crete that was used as a port to the palace city of Knossos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient Minoan settlement
- Also known as: “Zeus Thenatas sanctuary”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Minoan villa in Amnisos and Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”.
Minoan villa in Amnisos
Archaeological site
Minoan villa in Amnisos is an archaeological site, which is situated 110 metres northeast of Amnisos.
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
Aerodrome
Photo: Florian Waßmann, CC BY 3.0.
Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece, and the country's second busiest airport after Athens International Airport. Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” is situated 3 km west of Amnisos.
Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena
Sports venue
Photo: Georgekok-Greece, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, or simply, Heraklion Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in the city of Heraklion, on the island of Crete, in Greece. Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena is situated 3 km west of Amnisos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prassas and Elia.
Elia
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elia is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Amnisos.
Kokkini Chani
Village
Photo: MJJR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kokkini Chani is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Amnisos.
Amnisos
- Categories: ancient city, polis, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Chersonissos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Amnisos” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Amnis”
- Bulgarian: “Амнисос”
- Catalan: “Amnissos”
- Cebuano: “Amnissos”
- Czech: “Amnisos”
- Dutch: “Amnisos”
- Finnish: “Amnisos”
- French: “Amnisos”
- French: “Kairatos”
- German: “Amnisos”
- Greek: “Αμνισός”
- Italian: “Amniso”
- Japanese: “アムニソス”
- Latin: “Amnisus”
- Portuguese: “Amnisos”
- Portuguese: “Amnissos”
- Portuguese: “Amnisus”
- Russian: “Амнис”
- Spanish: “Amniso”
- Spanish: “Amnisos”
- Spanish: “Amnissos”
- Spanish: “Amnisus”
- Swedish: “Amnisos”
- Swedish: “Kairatos”
- Turkish: “Amnisus”
- Ukrainian: “Амнісс”
- Ukrainian: “Картерос”
- “𐀀𐀖𐀛𐀰”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Amnissos and Karteros.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Minos Bay and Aks Minoa Palace.
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