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Croceae

Croceae or Krokeai was a village of ancient Laconia on the road from Sparta to Gythium, and near the latter place. It was celebrated for its marble quarries.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 1,140 residents
  • Description: ancient town of Lakonia
  • Also known as: “Krokeai” and “Αλεβέτσοβα”
  • Postal code: 23057

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dafni.

Village
is a small town of Laconia in the municipality of , and to the Krokees municipality before the 2011 Kallikratis reform. In the 2021 census its population was registered as 736. is situated 5 km north of Croceae.

Croceae

Latitude
36.88385° or 36° 53′ 2″ north
Longitude
22.54668° or 22° 32′ 48″ east
Population
1,140
Elevation
300 metres (984 feet)
Open location code
8G84VGMW+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 345723734
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q48781592
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Croceae” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Crocees”
  • French: “Krokees”
  • French: “Krokeés”
  • Greek: “Κροκεές Λακωνίας”
  • Greek: “Κροκεές”
  • Russian: “Крокеэ”
  • Spanish: “Cróceas”
  • Turkish: “Croceae”
  • Turkish: “Croceæ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Croceae”. Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.