Myrtia

Myrtia is a village in the northern part of the municipal unit Nikos Kazantzakis, , . It is 15 km from . It is situated at an altitude of 365 meters from the sea.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 502 residents
  • Description: village in Greece
  • Also known as: “Mirtia” and “Myrtia, Heraklion”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nikos Kazantzakis Museum and Monastery Agarathos.

Museum
Photo: Pylambert, Public domain.
The is a in Myrtia village in the of , in . It is 20 km south of the town of and it is dedicated to the life and work of the famous writer Nikos Kazantzakis, a 9 times candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature and known worldwide for his book "Zorba the Greek" and "The Last Temptation of Christ".

Church
The Agarathos Monastery, officially the Holy Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, is a Greek Orthodox monastery situated near the village of Sgourokefali in the region of central , . is situated 3½ km east of Myrtia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Astraki and Kounavi.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Myrtia.

Myrtia

Latitude
35.23523° or 35° 14′ 7″ north
Longitude
25.21013° or 25° 12′ 37″ east
Population
502
Elevation
353 metres (1,158 feet)
Open location code
8G7766P6+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 938780075
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8560214
Wiki­data ID
Q12881382
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Myrtia” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Myrtia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قريه ميرتيا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميرتيا”
  • Finnish: “Myrtiá”
  • French: “Myrtiá”
  • French: “Varvári”
  • French: “Varvarus”
  • German: “Mirtia”
  • Greek: “Myrtiá”
  • Greek: “Μυρτιά Ηρακλείου”
  • Greek: “Μυρτιά”
  • Russian: “Миртиа”
  • Russian: “Миртия”
  • Russian: “Миртья”
  • Turkish: “Myrtia”

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