metropolitan church of Megali Panagia
metropolitan church of Megali Panagia is a church in Rethymno, Crete. metropolitan church of Megali Panagia is situated nearby to the library δημόσια κεντρική βιβλιοθήκη Ρεθύμνου, as well as near Valide Sultana Mosque.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: church building in Rethymno, Crete Region, Greece
- Also known as: “Church Megali Panagia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Archeological museum of Rethymno and Valide Sultana Mosque.
Archeological museum of Rethymno
Museum
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Rethymno is a museum in Rethymno, Crete, Greece. The building that houses the museum is the church of Saint Francis, built by the Barozzi family around 1530. Archeological museum of Rethymno is situated 180 metres northwest of metropolitan church of Megali Panagia.
Valide Sultana Mosque
Mosque
The Valide Sultan Mosque is a former mosque, located in the town of Rethymno, on the island of Crete, in southern Greece. The mosque was built in the c. 1650s, during the Ottoman era, shortly after the town was conquered by the Ottomans in the seventeen century. Valide Sultana Mosque is situated 120 metres west of metropolitan church of Megali Panagia.
Four Martyrs Church of Rethymno
Church
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Four Martyrs Church of Rethymno is situated 120 metres southwest of metropolitan church of Megali Panagia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rethymno and Xiro Chorio.
Rethymno
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Rethymno or Rethimno is a beautiful city on the island of Crete in Greece. It has picturesque small lanes of shops selling mostly tourist goods and a newer area of town with normal shops.
Xiro Chorio
Village
Xiro Chorio is a hamlet of approximately 170 residents, which is part of Rethymno, capital of Rethymno regional unit in the island of Crete, Greece. Xiro Chorio is situated 4 km southeast of metropolitan church of Megali Panagia.
Roussospiti
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roussospiti is a local community of the Rethymno Municipality in the Rethymno of the region of Crete established by Kallikratis reform. Previously, it was part of the former municipality of Rethymno. Roussospiti is situated 4 km southeast of metropolitan church of Megali Panagia.
metropolitan church of Megali Panagia
- Categories: cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Rethymno, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.36755° or 35° 22′ 3″ northLongitude
24.47614° or 24° 28′ 34″ eastOpen location code
8G769F9G+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 238473833OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q17624260
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Italian—“metropolitan church of Megali Panagia” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة ميجالى باناجيا”
- Finnish: “Neitsyt Marian temppeliintuomisen katedraali”
- Finnish: “Réthymnon katedraali”
- French: “cathédrale de la Présentation-de-la-Vierge-Marie-au-Temple de Réthymnon”
- French: “Cathédrale de la Présentation-de-la-Vierge-Marie-au-Temple de Réthymnon”
- French: “Megáli Panagía”
- German: “Kathedrale Megali Panagia”
- Greek: “μητροπολιτικός ναός Μεγάλη Παναγία”
- Italian: “cattedrale della Presentazione al Tempio della Vergine Maria”
- Italian: “Cattedrale della Presentazione al Tempio della Vergine Maria”
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Notable Places Nearby
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