Palekastro

Palaikastro or Palekastro, with the Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK, is a thriving town, geographic heir to a long line of settlements extending back into prehistoric times, at the east end of the Mediterranean island .
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  • Type: Village with 953 residents
  • Description: village in Lasithi, Greece
  • Also known as: Palaikastro”, “Palaíkastron”, “Palaiókastro”, and “Palaiókastron

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rousolakos and Kouremenos.

Archaeological site
Roussolakkos is the site of a Minoan city, located near Palekastro, . The Bronze Age town was occupied from Early Minoan IIA to Late Minoan IIIB, and its remains are relatively well preserved.

Beach
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
is a beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agathia and Lagada.

Hamlet
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km south of Palekastro.

Palekastro

Latitude
35.1976° or 35° 11′ 51″ north
Longitude
26.2542° or 26° 15′ 15″ east
Population
953
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Open location code
8G7857X3+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1408935363
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
256155
Wiki­data ID
Q941860
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Palekastro” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: باليكاسترو
  • Armenian: Պալեկաստրոն
  • Bulgarian: Палекастро
  • Catalan: Palékastro
  • Cebuano: Palekastro
  • Chinese: 帕萊卡斯楚
  • Dutch: Palekastro
  • Egyptian Arabic: پاليكاسترو
  • Finnish: Palaíkastro
  • French: Palékastro
  • German: Palaekastro
  • German: Palekastro
  • Greek: Παλαίκαστρο Λασιθίου
  • Greek: Παλαίκαστρο
  • Greek: Παλαίκαστρον
  • Greek: Παλαιόκαστρον
  • Italian: Palekastro
  • Italian: Paleocastro
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Palékastro
  • Portuguese: Palaicastro
  • Portuguese: Palaikastro
  • Portuguese: Palaiocastro
  • Portuguese: Palaiokastro
  • Portuguese: Palecastro
  • Portuguese: Palekastro
  • Russian: Палекастро
  • Russian: Палекастрон
  • Spanish: Palaikastro
  • Swedish: Palekastro

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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 “Palekastro”. Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.