Agios Nicolaos

Agios Nicolaos is a church in , . Agios Nicolaos is situated nearby to the square , as well as near the town .
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Also known as: “Άγιος Νικόλαος”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” and Heraklion Archaeological Museum.

Aerodrome
Photo: Florian Waßmann, CC BY 3.0.
Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" is the primary airport on the of , , and the country's second busiest airport after .

Museum
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a museum located in on . It is one of the largest museums in Greece, and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most important and complete collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of . is situated 2 km west of Agios Nicolaos.

Park
Photo: Dkoukoul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 2 km west of Agios Nicolaos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nea Alikarnassos and Heraklion.

Town
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is a town and a former municipality in the of , . It is located within the urban area of and since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Heraklion, of which it is a municipal unit.

Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Iraklio is the major city and capital of , the largest of the Greek islands. Its archaeological museum holds the remains of the 4000-year-old Minoan civilization, which centred on the nearby palace of Knossos, with its Minotaur legend.

Village
Prassa is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan settlement on . is situated 4 km southeast of Agios Nicolaos.

Agios Nicolaos

Latitude
35.34078° or 35° 20′ 27″ north
Longitude
25.15838° or 25° 9′ 30″ east
Open location code
8G7785R5+89
Open­Street­Map ID
way 217296672
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_orthodox
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