Vrises

Vrises is a village in , , and has about 293 residents. Vrises is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kremasta Monastery and Dreros.

Monastery
Photo: Liubomir G, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Archaeological site
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
, also Driros, near in the regional unit of , , is a post-Minoan archaeological site, 16 km northwest of . Known only by a chance remark of the 9th-century Byzantine grammarian Theognostus, archaeology of the site shows to have been initially colonised by mainland Greeks in the early Archaic Period about the same time as and .

Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neapoli and Limnes.

Town
Photo: Nikos massios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small town and a former municipality in , eastern , . Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been treated as a municipal unit of Agios Nikolaos.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a traditional Cretan small village in , , , located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos. It is surrounded by olive trees and mountains.

Village
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Vrises.

Vrises

Latitude
35.23892° or 35° 14′ 20″ north
Longitude
25.61531° or 25° 36′ 55″ east
Population
293
Open location code
8G776JQ8+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5211824853
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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In Other Languages

From German to Russian—“Vrises” goes by many names.
  • German: “Vrises”
  • Greek: “Βρύσες”
  • Russian: “Врисес”

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