Fira

Fira is the main town and cultural centre of Thira, the largest island in the archipelago. It boasts a variety of museums, art galleries, cathedrals and picturesque churches to explore, as well as the island's widest selection of shopping and dining.
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  • Type: Town with 2,380 residents
  • Description: village in Santorini, Greece
  • Also known as: “Thera”, “Thira”, “Thíra”, “Thira (Fira)”, “Тіра”, and “Фирæ”
  • Postal code: 84700

Places of Interest

Highlights: Museum of Prehistoric Thera and Catholic Cathedral Church of Saint John The Baptist.

Museum
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
The is located in Fira, on the island of in .

Church
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The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is a Roman…

Volcano
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The caldera is a large, mostly submerged… is situated 3½ km west of Fira.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Imerovigli and Vourvoulos.

is a small village famous for its beautiful…

is a village on the island of in .

Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.
is a small rock in .

Fira

Latitude
36.4149° or 36° 24′ 54″ north
Longitude
25.4325° or 25° 25′ 57″ east
Population
2,380
Elevation
244 metres (801 feet)
IATA airport code
JTR
UN/LOCODE
GR JTR
Open location code
8G87CC7J+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1842740533
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
252920
Wiki­data ID
Q617169
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Fira” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فيرا”
  • Armenian: “Թիրա”
  • Asturian: “Fira”
  • Belarusian: “Фіра”
  • Bulgarian: “Фира”
  • Catalan: “Fira”
  • Cebuano: “Firá”
  • Chinese: “费拉”
  • Czech: “Fira”
  • Danish: “Fira”
  • Dutch: “Fira”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيرا”
  • Finnish: “Fira”
  • Finnish: “Firá”
  • French: “Fira”
  • French: “Firá”
  • German: “Fira”
  • German: “Firá”
  • Greek: “Θηρα”
  • Greek: “Θήρα”
  • Greek: “Φηρά Θήρας”
  • Greek: “ΦΗΡΑ”
  • Greek: “Φηρά”
  • Hausa: “Fira”
  • Hebrew: “פירה”
  • Hungarian: “Fíra”
  • Indonesian: “Fira”
  • Italian: “Fira”
  • Japanese: “フィラ (ギリシャ)”
  • Korean: “피라”
  • Latin: “Thera”
  • Macedonian: “Фира”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Firá”
  • Ossetian: “Тирæ”
  • Polish: “Fira”
  • Russian: “Тира”
  • Russian: “Фира”
  • Serbian: “Фира”
  • Slovak: “Fira”
  • Slovenian: “Fira”
  • Spanish: “Fira”
  • Spanish: “Firá”
  • Swedish: “Firá”
  • Thai: “ฟีรา”
  • Ukrainian: “Фіра”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Skala and Old Port Fira.

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