Myrtia
Myrtia is a village in the northern part of the municipal unit Nikos Kazantzakis, Crete, Greece. It is 15 km from Heraklion. It is situated at an altitude of 365 meters from the sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Nikos Kazantzakis Museum
Museum
Photo: Pylambert, Public domain.
The Nikos Kazantzakis Museum is a museum in Myrtia village in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete, in Greece. It is 20 km south of the town of Heraklion 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".
Monastery Agarathos
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 Heraklion region of central Crete, Greece. Monastery Agarathos is situated 3½ km east of Myrtia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Astraki and Kounavi.
Peza
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peza is a village, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Myrtia.
Myrtia
- Category: locality
- Location: Archanes-Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.23523° or 35° 14′ 7″ northLongitude
25.21013° or 25° 12′ 37″ eastPopulation
502Elevation
353 metres (1,158 feet)Open location code
8G7766P6+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 938780075OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8560214Wikidata ID
Q12881382
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