Plaka
Plaka is the chief town in Milos, a Greek island in the Cyclades group. It is perched on the top of large rock, overlooking the gulf of Milos. No cars can enter the village because of the narrow spaces between walls and buildings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 749 residents
- Description: village in Greece, capital of Milos municipality
- Also known as: “Milos”, “Milos Town”, and “Plaka, Milos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Milos and Panagia Korfiatissa.
Archaeological Museum of Milos
Museum
Photo: Wordteach, Public domain.
The Archaeological Museum of Milos is a museum in Plaka on the island of Milos, in Greece. Its collections include exhibits dating from the late Neolithic to the Byzantine period.
Ancient theatre of Milos
Theater building
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ancient theatre of Milos is a theater building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tripiti and Triovasalos.
Tripiti
Village
Trypiti is a small town in the island of Milos, Greece. Population 766. It is famous for being located next to the Milos Catacombs and the Roman theatre.
Triovasalos
Village
Triovasalos is a village and a community in the island of Milos, Cyclades, Greece. According to the 2021 Greek census it had 1,379 residents. Triovasalos is adjacent to the neighboring Pera Triovasalos and the two villages together occupy two neighboring cliffs.
Plaka
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Milos, Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.7443° or 36° 44′ 40″ northLongitude
24.42307° or 24° 25′ 23″ eastPopulation
749Elevation
182 metres (597 feet)Open location code
8G86PCVF+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1845735688OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8740234Wikidata ID
Q1717899
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Plaka” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Plaka”
- Cebuano: “Pláka”
- Chinese: “普拉卡”
- Chinese: “米洛斯”
- Dutch: “Plaka”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پلاكا”
- Finnish: “Pláka”
- French: “Milos”
- French: “Pláka”
- German: “Milos”
- German: “Plaka”
- Greek: “Μήλος”
- Greek: “Πλάκα Μήλου”
- Greek: “Πλάκα”
- Irish: “Plaka”
- Latin: “Placa”
- Lithuanian: “Plaka”
- Russian: “Милос”
- Russian: “Плака”
- Slovenian: “Plaka”
- Swedish: “Pláka”
- Ukrainian: “Плаки”
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