Lindos

Lindos is a medieval village on the island of . It has only seven hundred inhabitants, greatly outnumbered by tourists in the high season. Being one of the main attractions on the island it is often overcrowded in the mornings when the tourist coaches arrive.
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  • Type: Town with 810 residents
  • Description: modern village on the island of Rhodes, Greece
  • Also known as: “Líndhos”
  • Postal code: 85107

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lindos Acropolis and Temple of Athena Lindia.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Ruins
The was a sanctuary in Lindos in , dedicated to the goddess Athena. It was a significant Pan-Hellenic shrine of Athena and arguably the regional center of her cult.

Peak
Photo: Xxlstier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pefkos and Lardos.

Village
Photo: Sedohr, CC BY 3.0.
or Pefki, Greek: Πεύκος, is a well-known beach resort located on eastern coast of , just 4 kilometres southwest of Lindos, and 43 kilometres from the capital city Rhodes. is situated 4 km southwest of Lindos.

Village
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is a village on the stream, also called Fonias, located in the eastern part of the island of , in the region of . is situated 6 km west of Lindos.

Lindos

Latitude
36.0916° or 36° 5′ 30″ north
Longitude
28.0855° or 28° 5′ 8″ east
Population
810
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR LDR
Open location code
8G8C33RP+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 259064790
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
408687
Wiki­data ID
Q738700
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lindos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليندوس”
  • Asturian: “Lindos”
  • Catalan: “Lindos”
  • Cebuano: “Líndos”
  • Chinese: “林佐斯”
  • Chinese: “林多斯”
  • Chinese: “林都斯”
  • Czech: “Lindos”
  • Danish: “Lindos”
  • Dutch: “Lindos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليندوس”
  • Finnish: “Lindos”
  • Finnish: “Líndos”
  • French: “Lindos”
  • French: “Líndos”
  • German: “Lindos”
  • Greek: “Λίνδος”
  • Hebrew: “לינדוס”
  • Hungarian: “Lindosz”
  • Irish: “Lindos”
  • Italian: “Lindo”
  • Italian: “Lindos”
  • Japanese: “リンドス”
  • Korean: “린도스”
  • Latin: “Lindus”
  • Macedonian: “Линдос”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lindos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Líndos”
  • Norwegian: “Lindos”
  • Persian: “لیندوس”
  • Polish: “Lindos”
  • Portuguese: “Lindos”
  • Romanian: “Lindos”
  • Russian: “Линдос”
  • Serbian: “Линдос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lindos”
  • Slovak: “Lindos”
  • Spanish: “Lindos”
  • Swedish: “Lindos”
  • Turkish: “Lindos”
  • Turkish: “Lindoz”
  • Ukrainian: “Ліндос”
  • Urdu: “لنڈوس”
  • Welsh: “Lindos”

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