Priniatikos Pyrgos

Priniatikos Pyrgos is an archaeological site near the Istron River in the eastern Cretan regional unit of Lasithi. The nearest big town is Agios Nikolaos, Crete.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vrokastro.

Vrokastro

Archaeological site

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Vrokastro was an ancient Minoan civilization settlement in the Lasithi regional unit of eastern Crete, Greece. It overlooks the Gulf of Mirabello. The site was a mountain citadel located on a hill 1,5 km east of Priniatikos Pyrgos, another very early archaeological site. Vrokastro is situated 1½ km southeast of Priniatikos Pyrgos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include KaloChorio Istron and Kalo Chorio.

KaloChorio Istron

KaloChorio Istron

Photo: ArtemiyPavlov, CC BY-SA 3.0.

KaloChorio Istron is a village in the Lasithi Prefecture region of Crete.

Kalo Chorio

Village

Kalo Chorio is a village in the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete, Greece. Kalo Chorio village has a population of around 900, nestled in the midst of a verdant hilly landscape, where olive groves, abundant and colorful mediterranean shrubs and plants reach all the way down to the sea.

Pyrgos

Village

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pyrgos is a village.

Priniatikos Pyrgos

Type: Archaeological site
Description: archaeological excavation site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

35.12834° or 35° 7′ 42″ north

Longitude

25.73142° or 25° 43′ 53″ east

Open location code

8G774PHJ+8H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2277141191

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Priniatikos Pyrgos” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Приниатикос Пиргос”
Dutch: “Priniatikos Pyrgos”
Finnish: “Priniátikos Pýrgos”
German: “Priniatikos Pyrgos”
Greek: “Πρινιάτικος Πύργος”
Italian: “Priniatikos Pyrgos”
Portuguese: “Priniaticos Pirgos”
Portuguese: “Priniáticos Pirgos”
Portuguese: “Priniatikos Pyrgos”
Spanish: “Priniátikos Pirgos”

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