Souda Bay War Cemetery
The Souda Bay War Cemetery is a military cemetery administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. It contains 19 burials from World War I and 731 World War II burials where the body was identified along with another 776 burials of bodies which are unable to be identified.- Type: Cemetery
- Description: commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Crete
- Also known as: “Suda Bay War Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Chania and Museum Of Typography.
Archaeological Museum of Chania
Museum
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Chania is a archaeology museum serving the Cretean city of Chania that, since 2022, is located at 15 Skra Str. Chalepa. The original museum was located in the former Venetian Monastery of Saint Francis at Chalidon Street. Archaeological Museum of Chania is situated 3 km northwest of Souda Bay War Cemetery.
Museum Of Typography
Museum
Photo: Wikielia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Typography is a Greek museum of typography and printing located near Chania, Crete, at the Park of Small Industries in Souda. It was founded by Yannis Garedakis, owner and founder of the local newspaper Haniotika Nea, with the support of his wife Eleni. Museum Of Typography is situated 2½ km south of Souda Bay War Cemetery.
Eleftherios Venizelos ‘Museum
Museum
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eleftherios Venizelos Museum of Chalepa is an historic house museum in Chania, Crete, Greece. It is the paternal house of Eleftherios Venizelos, where he lived from 1880 to 1910, and occasionally, from 1927 to 1935. Eleftherios Venizelos ‘Museum is situated 3 km northwest of Souda Bay War Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Souda and Nerokouros.
Souda
Town
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Souda is a town and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a municipal unit.
Nerokouros
Village
Nerokouros is a village in Crete, in the regional unit of Chania. Nerokouros is situated 3½ km southwest of Souda Bay War Cemetery.
Malaxa
Village
Malaxa is a village in the Chania regional unit on Crete in Greece. The 2021 census counted a population of 150 people in the village. In ancient times the Malaxa area was under the sphere of influence of the nearby powerful city of Kydonia. Malaxa is situated 4 km south of Souda Bay War Cemetery.
Souda Bay War Cemetery
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Chania, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.50008° or 35° 30′ 0″ northLongitude
24.06126° or 24° 3′ 41″ eastOpen location code
8G76G326+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 30166244OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q22919952
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In Other Languages
From German to Greek—“Souda Bay War Cemetery” goes by many names.
- German: “Souda Bay War Cemetery”
- Greek: “Πολεμικό Νεκροταφείο Σούδας”
- Greek: “Συμμαχικό Νεκροταφείο Σούδας”
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