Archaeological Museum of Kissamos

Archaeological Museum of Kissamos is a museum in Kissamos, Chania, Crete. Archaeological Museum of Kissamos is situated nearby to the building Archaeological Museum Kissamos, as well as near the castle Kasteli of Kissamos.

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Opening hours: 8:30 AM—3:30 PM
Email: efacha@culture.gr
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Greece
Also known as: “Archaeological museum of Kisamos”, “Archaeological museum of Kissamos”, “Archaiologikó Mouseío Kisámo”, “Kissamos archaeological museum”, and “Museum of Kissamos”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Archaeological Museum Kissamos and Kasteli of Kissamos.

Archaeological Museum Kissamos

Building

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Archaeological Museum Kissamos is a building.

Kasteli of Kissamos

Castle

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Kasteli of Kissamos is a castle, which is situated 150 metres north of Archaeological Museum of Kissamos.

Trachilos Hominin Footprints

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The Trachilos footprints are possibly tetrapod footprints from the late Miocene on the western Crete, close to the village of Trachilos, west of Kissamos, in the Chania Prefecture. Trachilos Hominin Footprints is situated 3 km northwest of Archaeological Museum of Kissamos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kissamos and Gramvousa.

Kissamos

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Kissamos is a town and a municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the Chania regional unit and of the former Kissamos Province which covers the northwest corner of the island.

Gramvousa

Village

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Gramvousa, also Grampousa, refers to two small uninhabited islands off the coast of a peninsula also known Gramvousa Peninsula in north-western Crete in the regional unit of Chania. Gramvousa is situated 4½ km west of Archaeological Museum of Kissamos.

Pollyrinia

Village

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Polyrrhenia or Polyrrenia, Polyrrhen or Polyrren or Polyren, or Pollyrrhenia or Pollyrrenia, or Polyrrenion or Polyrrhenium, was a town and polis in the northwest of ancient Crete, whose territory occupied the whole western extremity of the island, extending from north to south. Pollyrinia is situated 4½ km south of Archaeological Museum of Kissamos.

Archaeological Museum of Kissamos

Categories: archaeological museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Kissamos, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

35.49562° or 35° 29′ 44″ north

Longitude

23.65433° or 23° 39′ 16″ east

Elevation

21 metres (69 feet)

Open location code

8G75FMW3+6P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 304537703

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

13580513

Wikidata ID

Q62067109

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Archaeological Museum of Kissamos” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Museu Arqueològic de Kíssamos”
Egyptian Arabic: “متحف كيساموس الاثرى”
Finnish: “Kíssamoksen arkeologinen museo”
French: “musée archéologique de Kíssamos”
French: “Musée archéologique de Kíssamos”
French: “musée de Kíssamos”
Greek: “Αρχαιολογικό μουσείο Κισάμου”
Greek: “Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Κισάμου”
Spanish: “Museo Arqueológico de Kísamos”

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