Dreros

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.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia and Kremasta Monastery.

Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia

Church

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Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia is situated 1½ km west of Dreros.

Kremasta Monastery

Monastery

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Kremasta Monastery is situated 2 km southwest of Dreros.

Church of Panagia Vigliotissa

Church

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Church of Panagia Vigliotissa is situated 3 km west of Dreros.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Limnes and Neapoli.

Limnes

Village

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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

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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.