Archaeological site of Dreros
Archaeological site of Dreros is an archaeological site in Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete. Archaeological site of Dreros is situated nearby to the village Limnes, as well as near the town Neapoli.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dreros and Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia.
Dreros
Archaeological site
Dreros, also Driros, near Neapoli in the regional unit of Lasithi, Crete, is a post-Minoan archaeological site, 16 km northwest of Agios Nikolaos. Known only by a chance remark of the 9th-century Byzantine grammarian Theognostus, archaeology of the site shows Dreros to have been initially colonised by mainland Greeks in the early Archaic Period about the same time as Lato and Prinias. Dreros is situated 320 metres northwest of Archaeological site of Dreros.
Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia
Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia is situated 2 km west of Archaeological site of Dreros.
Kremasta Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Liubomir G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kremasta Monastery is situated 2½ km southwest of Archaeological site of Dreros.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Limnes and Neapoli.
Limnes
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Limnes is a traditional Cretan small village in Lasithi, Crete, Greece, located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos. It is surrounded by olive trees and mountains.
Neapoli
Town
Photo: Nikos massios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neapoli is a small town and a former municipality in Lasithi, eastern Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been treated as a municipal unit of Agios Nikolaos.
Fourni
Village
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fourni is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Archaeological site of Dreros.
Archaeological site of Dreros
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.25675° or 35° 15′ 24″ northLongitude
25.62923° or 25° 37′ 45″ eastElevation
450 metres (1,476 feet)Open location code
8G777J4H+MMGeoNames ID
13132237
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In Other Languages
“Archaeological site of Dreros” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Αρχαιολογικός χώρος Δρήρου”
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