Platipodion

Platipodion is a hamlet in Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete. Platipodion is situated nearby to the village Choumeriakos, as well as near Nikithianos.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dreros and Kremasta Monastery.

Dreros

Archaeological site

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Dreros, also Driros, near Neapoli in the regional unit of Lasithi, Crete, is a post-Minoan archaeological site, 16 km northwest of Agios Nikolaos. Known only by a chance remark of the 9th-century Byzantine grammarian Theognostus, archaeology of the site shows Dreros to have been initially colonised by mainland Greeks in the early Archaic Period about the same time as Lato and Prinias.

Kremasta Monastery

Monastery

Photo: Liubomir G, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia

Church

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Limnes and Neapoli.

Limnes

Village

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Limnes is a traditional Cretan small village in Lasithi, Crete, Greece, located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos. It is surrounded by olive trees and mountains.

Neapoli

Town

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Neapoli is a small town and a former municipality in Lasithi, eastern Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been treated as a municipal unit of Agios Nikolaos.