Agios Georgios Lasithi

Agios Georgios is a village in the Lasithi Plateau in the island of Crete, and also a municipal unit. Agios Georgios lies at an altitude of 840 metres.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lasithi Plateau and Dhiktean Cave.

Lasithi Plateau

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The Lasithi Plateau is a high endorheic plateau, located in the Lasithi regional unit in eastern Crete, Greece. Since the 1997 Kapodistrias reform, it is a municipality whose seat is Tzermiado and the second biggest village is Agios Georgios.

Dhiktean Cave

Cave

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Psychro Cave is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in Lasithi plateau in the Lasithi district of eastern Crete. Psychro is associated with the Dictaean or Diktaian Cave, one of the putative sites of the birth of Zeus. Dhiktean Cave is situated 3½ km west of Agios Georgios Lasithi.

Trapeza cave

Cave

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Trapeza, Crete is a Neolithic and Bronze Age sacred cave on the island of Crete in Greece. Some of the Bronze Age pottery finds at Trapeza are similar to specimens recovered at Knossos and Vasiliki. Trapeza cave is situated 3½ km north of Agios Georgios Lasithi.