Olous
Olous or Olus was a city of ancient Crete; now sunken, it was situated at the site of present day town of Elounda, Crete, Greece. According to the Stadiasmus Maris Magni, it had a harbour and was located 260 stadia from Chersonasus and 15 stadia from Camara.
- Archaeological site
- Description: sunken settlement in Greece
- Also known as“Mint of Olus”“Olus”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elounda and Plaka.
Fourni
Village
Fourni is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Olous.
Olous
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Latitude
35.25651° or 35° 15′ 23″ north
Longitude
25.73176° or 25° 43′ 54″ east
Open location code
8G777P4J+JP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Olous” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Олус”
- Catalan: “Olunt”
- Chinese: “奧盧斯”
- Dutch: “Olous”
- Finnish: “Olous”
- Finnish: “Olus”
- French: “Olous”
- German: “Olous”
- Greek: “Ολούς”
- Italian: “Olous”
- Italian: “Olunte”
- Japanese: “オルス”
- Japanese: “オロウス”
- Japanese: “オロス”
- Portuguese: “Olous”
- Portuguese: “Olunte”
- Portuguese: “Olus”
- Russian: “Олус”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Olunt”
- Spanish: “Olous”
- Spanish: “Olunte”
- Turkish: “Olous”
- Ukrainian: “Олус”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Άγιος Ραφαήλ and Mosaic floor of a basilica.
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