Agios Vlasios
Agios Vlasios is a village in Heraklion, Crete and has about 535 residents. Agios Vlasios is situated nearby to the village Vasilies, as well as near Agios Syllas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 535 residents
- Description: human settlement in Greece
- Also known as: “Agios Vlasis” and “Ayios Vlasios, Heraklion”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anemospilia and Mount Juktas.
Anemospilia
Archaeological site
Photo: Aquick, Public domain.
Anemospilia is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan temple on Crete.
Mount Juktas
Peak
A mountain in north-central Crete, Mount Juktas, also spelled Iuktas, Iouktas, or Ioukhtas, was an important religious site for the Minoan civilization.
Nekropole of Phourni
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Phourni is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery in Crete, established in 2400 BC and lasted until 1200 BC. Phourni is Greek for "furnace, oven" and the name of the hill on which the cemetery is located. Nekropole of Phourni is situated 2½ km southeast of Agios Vlasios.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vasilies and Agios Syllas.
Agia Irini Spilia
Hamlet
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agia Irini Spilia is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northeast of Agios Vlasios.
Agios Vlasios
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.25506° or 35° 15′ 18″ northLongitude
25.13245° or 25° 7′ 57″ eastPopulation
535Elevation
257 metres (843 feet)Open location code
8G77744J+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 742381404OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8560385Wikidata ID
Q21705395
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Agios Vlasios” goes by many names.
- French: “Ágios Vlásios”
- French: “Ágios Vlásis”
- French: “Agios Vlassis”
- French: “Ayo Vlasi”
- French: “Magaralar”
- French: “s. Biaseo”
- French: “S. Blasio”
- German: “Agios Vlasios”
- Greek: “Ágios Vlásis”
- Greek: “Άγιος Βλάσης”
- Greek: “Άγιος Βλάσιος Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Άγιος Βλάσιος”
- Russian: “Агиос Власиос”
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