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

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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

Photo: Kostisl, CC0.

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

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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″ north

Longitude

26.12852° or 26° 7′ 43″ east

Elevation

44 metres (144 feet)

Open location code

8GC8C47H+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 399730552

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=greek_orthodox

GeoNames 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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