Vourvoulos
Vourvoulos is a village on the island of Santorini in Greece. It is located 3,7 kilometers northeast of the capital Fira, built on a slope facing the east shore of the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 591 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Postal code: 84700
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum of Prehistoric Thera and Catholic Cathedral Church of Saint John The Baptist.
Museum of Prehistoric Thera
Museum
The Museum of Prehistoric Thera is located in Fira, on the island of Santorini in Greece. It was built on the site of the old Ypapanti Church which was destroyed in the 1956 Amorgos earthquake.
Catholic Cathedral Church of Saint John The Baptist
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Fira, on the island of Santorini, in the South Aegean region of Greece. The cathedral church serves as the seat of the Bishop of Santorini.
Archaeological Museum of Thera
Museum
Photo: Bayreuth2009, CC BY 3.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Thera is a museum in Fira, Santorini, Greece. It was built in 1960 to replace an older one which had collapsed by the 1956 Amorgos earthquake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fira and Imerovigli.
Fira
Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fira is the main town and cultural centre of Thira, the largest island in the Santorini archipelago. It boasts a variety of museums, art galleries, cathedrals and picturesque churches to explore, as well as the island's widest selection of shopping and dining.
Imerovigli
Imerovigli is a small village famous for its beautiful sunset that give it the nickname balcony of the Aegean. It is on Thira, the largest island in the Santorini archipelago, just north of capital Fira.Vothonas
Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.
Vothonas is a small rock in Santorini. A tangle of paths lead from the village up to the houses built into the cliffs. Much as the villagers did in Caldera, the residents built their homes in the rocky walls of the ravine.
Vourvoulos
- Category: locality
- Location: Santorini, Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.4352° or 36° 26′ 7″ northLongitude
25.4358° or 25° 26′ 9″ eastPopulation
591Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)Open location code
8G87CCPP+38OpenStreetMap ID
node 1842740514OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
251723Wikidata ID
Q16322686
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Vourvoulos” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Vourvoulos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤورڤولوس”
- Finnish: “Vourvoúlos”
- French: “Vourvoúlos”
- Greek: “Βουρβούλος Θήρας”
- Greek: “Βουρβούλος”
- Russian: “Воурвоулос”
- Turkish: “Vourvoulos”
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