Amnisos

Amnisos, also Amnissos and Amnisus, is the current but unattested name given to a Bronze Age settlement on the north shore of that was used as a port to the palace city of .
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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”.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 110 metres northeast of Amnisos.

Aerodrome
Photo: Florian Waßmann, CC BY 3.0.
Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" is the primary airport on the of , , and the country's second busiest airport after . is situated 3 km west of Amnisos.

Sports venue
Photo: Georgekok-Greece, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, or simply, Heraklion Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in the city of , on the island of , in Greece. is situated 3 km west of Amnisos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prassas and Kokkini Chani.

Village
Prassa is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan settlement on .

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Amnisos.

Town
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is a town and a former municipality in the of , . It is located within the urban area of and since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Heraklion, of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 4½ km west of Amnisos.

Amnisos

Latitude
35.33088° or 35° 19′ 51″ north
Longitude
25.20608° or 25° 12′ 22″ east
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
8G7786J4+9C
Geo­Names ID
8224432
Wiki­data ID
Q473766
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Satellite Map

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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”

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