Karfi
Karfi is an archaeological site high up in the Dikti Mountains in eastern Crete, Greece. The ancient name of the site is unknown; "Karfi" is a local toponym for the prominent knob of limestone that marks the peak of the site, especially when viewed from the north.Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Keras Kardiotissas Monastery and Trapeza cave.
Keras Kardiotissas Monastery
Church
Photo: Lourakis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Keras Kardiotissas Monastery, or simply the Keras Monastery and officially as the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Kapsas, is a Greek Orthodox monastery that is situated near the village of Kera of the Heraklion region in Crete, Greece. Keras Kardiotissas Monastery is situated 1¼ km northwest of Karfi.
Trapeza cave
Cave
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trapeza, Crete is a Neolithic and Bronze Age sacred cave on the island of Crete in Greece. Some of the Bronze Age pottery finds at Trapeza are similar to specimens recovered at Knossos and Vasiliki. Trapeza cave is situated 3 km southeast of Karfi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Krassi and Tzermiado.
Tzermiado
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tzermiado is a village, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Karfi.
Psichro
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Psichro is a village, which is situated 6 km south of Karfi.
Karfi
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: archaeological site, tourism, and peak
- Location: Chersonissos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.21796° or 35° 13′ 5″ northLongitude
25.47147° or 25° 28′ 17″ eastElevation
1,148 metres (3,766 feet)Open location code
8G776F9C+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1636550467OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointWikidata ID
Q1734354
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Karfi” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Карфи”
- Catalan: “Karfí”
- Chinese: “卡尔菲”
- Chinese: “卡爾菲”
- Dutch: “Karfi”
- Finnish: “Karfí”
- French: “Karphi”
- German: “Karphi”
- Greek: “Καρφί”
- Hausa: “Karfi”
- Italian: “Karfi”
- Italian: “Karphi”
- Polish: “Karfi”
- Polish: “Karphi”
- Portuguese: “Carfi”
- Portuguese: “Karfi”
- Russian: “Карфи”
- Spanish: “Karfí”
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