Ágios Márkos
Ágios Márkos is a church in North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands. Ágios Márkos is situated nearby to the town Vrontados, as well as near the archaeological site Daskalopetra monument.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Daskalopetra monument and Panaghia Mirtidhiotisa Monastery.
Daskalopetra monument
Archaeological site
Photo: FLIOUKAS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Daskalopetra monument is a rock-cut shrine to the goddess Cybele at Daskalopetra, near Vrontados on Chios, in Greece, dating to the late sixth or early fifth century BC. It is probably the earliest known cult site of the Cybele in the Greek world. Daskalopetra monument is situated 1 km northeast of Ágios Márkos.
Panaghia Mirtidhiotisa Monastery
Monastery
Panaghia Mirtidhiotisa Monastery is situated 2 km northeast of Ágios Márkos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vrontados and Chios.
Vrontados
Town
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vrontados is a small coastal town located at the eastern part of the island of Chios in Greece. With a population of about 5,300, the town hosts the seat of the municipal unit of Omiroupoli.
Chios
Chios is the main town and a former municipality on the Greek island of Chios in the North Aegean. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Chios, of which it is a municipal unit.
Lagkada
Village
Photo: FrontierNG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lagkada is a village, which is situated 7 km north of Ágios Márkos.
Ágios Márkos
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.41484° or 38° 24′ 53″ northLongitude
26.12852° or 26° 7′ 43″ eastElevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
8GC8C47H+WCOpenStreetMap ID
way 399730552OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxGeoNames ID
11498919
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In Other Languages
From German to Greek—“Ágios Márkos” goes by many names.
- German: “Agios Markos”
- Greek: “Ágios Márkos”
- Greek: “Άγιος Μάρκος”
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