Falasarna
Falasarna or Phalasarna is a Greek harbour town at the west end of Crete that flourished during the Hellenistic period. The currently visible remains of the city include several imposing sandstone towers and bastions, with hundreds of meters of fortification walls protecting the town, and a closed harbor, meaning it is protected on all sides by city walls.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city and polis in Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Phalasarna”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gramvousa and Kissamos.
Gramvousa
Village
Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gramvousa, also Grampousa, refers to two small uninhabited islands off the coast of a peninsula also known Gramvousa Peninsula in north-western Crete in the regional unit of Chania. Gramvousa is situated 4½ km southeast of Falasarna.
Kissamos
Kissamos is a town and a municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the Chania regional unit and of the former Kissamos Province which covers the northwest corner of the island.
Falasarna
- Categories: polis, ancient city, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kissamos, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.51087° or 35° 30′ 39″ northLongitude
23.56956° or 23° 34′ 10″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
8G75GH69+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 301842449OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Falasarna” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ֆալասարնա”
- Catalan: “Falasarna”
- Catalan: “Phalasarna”
- Dutch: “Phalasarna”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فالاسارنا”
- Finnish: “Falasarna”
- Finnish: “Falassarna”
- Finnish: “Phalasarna”
- Finnish: “Phalassarna”
- French: “Falásarna”
- German: “Falasarna”
- German: “Falassarna”
- German: “Phalasarna”
- Greek: “Falásarna”
- Greek: “Φαλάσαρνα”
- Hebrew: “פלסארנה”
- Japanese: “ファラサルナ”
- Portuguese: “Antiga Falasarna”
- Portuguese: “Falasarna”
- Russian: “Фаласарна”
- Spanish: “Falasarna”
- Turkish: “Phalasarna”
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