Museum of Cretan Ethnology
The Museum of Cretan Ethnology is a museum in Voroi, in the municipal unit of Faistos, Heraklion regional unit, southern Crete, Greece. Established as an institution in 1973, the museum was built under the French architect Georges Henri Rivière, the creator…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: folklore museum in Voroi, Crete
- Address: Βώροι
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Phaistos and Phaistos Disc.
Phaistos
Archaeological site
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Phaistos, also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Faistos, a municipality in south central Crete. Phaistos is situated 2 km south of Museum of Cretan Ethnology.
Phaistos Disc
Ruins
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The Phaistos Disc, or Phaistos Disk, is a disc of fired clay from the island of Crete, Greece, possibly from the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age, bearing a text in an unknown script and language. Phaistos Disc is situated 1½ km south of Museum of Cretan Ethnology.
Hagia Triada
Archaeological site
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Hagia Triada, is a Minoan archaeological site in Crete. The site includes the remains of an extensive settlement noted for its monumental NeoPalatial and PostPalatial period buildings especially the large Royal Villa. Hagia Triada is situated 2 km southwest of Museum of Cretan Ethnology.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Voroi and Tympaki.
Tympaki
Town
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Tympaki is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is part of the municipality of Faistos, of which it is a municipal unit, the unit has an area of 157.122 km2. Tympaki is situated 4 km west of Museum of Cretan Ethnology.
Petrokefali
Village
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Petrokefali is a village, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Museum of Cretan Ethnology.
Museum of Cretan Ethnology
- Categories: ethnographic museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Faistos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.06704° or 35° 4′ 1″ northLongitude
24.81252° or 24° 48′ 45″ eastOpen location code
8G763R87+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 631991114OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q11938049
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Polish—“Museum of Cretan Ethnology” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu Etnològic de Creta”
- French: “musée ethnologique de Crète”
- French: “Musée ethnologique de Crète”
- German: “Museum für Kretische Volkskunde”
- Greek: “Μουσείο Κρητικής Εθνολογίας”
- Polish: “Kreteńskie Muzeum Etnograficzne”
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