Azogires
Azogires is a church in Kantanos-Selino, Chania, Crete. Azogires is situated nearby to the ruins Threshing Circle, as well as near Holy Father’s Spring.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ancient Hyrtakina and Sotiros Christos.
Ancient Hyrtakina
Archaeological site
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hyrtacina or Hyrtakina, also written as Hyrsacina or Hyrsakina, or Artacina or Artakina, was a city of ancient Crete, which, little as we learn of its position from Ptolemy and Stephanus of Byzantium, yet we may safely infer from the former's words that it was situated to the southeast of Polyrrhenia, and to the west of Lappa. Ancient Hyrtakina is situated 3 km east of Azogires.
Sotiros Christos
Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sotiros Christos is a church, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Azogires.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Azoghires and Anydri.
Prodromi
Hamlet
Prodromi is a village in the municipal unit of Pelekanos, Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. The name of the village in the 18th century was "Peroudo Vrisi". Prodromi is situated 3½ km east of Azogires.
Azogires
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Kantanos-Selino, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.27109° or 35° 16′ 16″ northLongitude
23.72106° or 23° 43′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8G757PCC+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 468370380OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodox
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