Museum of El Greco
The Museum of El Greco is located on the edge of the village of Fodele in Crete, Greece, west of the city of Heraklion. It celebrates the mannerist painter El Greco, who grew up in the village.Photo: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Greece
- Also known as: “Domenikos Theotokopoulos Museum” and “El Greco House and Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fodele Beach and Agios Panteleimon Monastery.
Agios Panteleimon Monastery
Church
The Agios Panteleimon Monastery, dedicated to Saint Pantaleon, is a Greek Orthodox monastery situated on the island of Crete, Greece. Agios Panteleimon Monastery is situated 3 km south of Museum of El Greco.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fodele and Achlada.
Achlada
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Achlada is a village and a community in the Cretan municipality of Malevizi, and belongs to the municipal unit of Gazi, in Heraklion regional unit. The inhabitants are shepherds and farmers who cultivate mostly fruits and vegetables in the surrounding hills and landscape, which are few kilometres from the sea shore. Achlada is situated 4 km east of Museum of El Greco.
Damasta
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Damasta is a village in the municipality of Malevizi, in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete, Greece. According to the 2021 census, it numbers 115 inhabitants. Damasta is situated 4½ km southwest of Museum of El Greco.
Museum of El Greco
- Categories: biographical museum, historic house museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Malevizi, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.38556° or 35° 23′ 8″ northLongitude
24.95086° or 24° 57′ 3″ eastOpen location code
8G769XP2+68OpenStreetMap ID
way 176981180OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6940845
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Museum of El Greco” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Էլ Գրեկոյի թանգարան”
- Finnish: “El Greco -museo”
- French: “musée de Le Greco”
- French: “Musée du Greco”
- Greek: “Μουσείο Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος”
- Greek: “Μουσείο Δομήνικου Θεοτοκόπουλου”
- Greek: “Μουσείο Ελ Γκρέκο”
- Ukrainian: “Дом-музей Ель Греко”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Panayia and Agios Georgios.
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