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Rousolakos

Roussolakkos is the site of a Minoan city, located near Palekastro, . The Bronze Age town was occupied from Early Minoan IIA to Late Minoan IIIB, and its remains are relatively well preserved.
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Wikipedia
Photo: EinarB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Minoan settlement in eastern Crete
  • Also known as: “Palaikastro excavation”, “Paleokastro Minoan Town”, “Roussolakkos”, and “Roussolakkos excavation”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kouremenos.

Beach
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
is a beach, which is situated 2 km north of Rousolakos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agathia and Palekastro.

Hamlet
Photo: Petro Stelte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palaikastro or , with the Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK, is a thriving town, geographic heir to a long line of settlements extending back into prehistoric times, at the east end of the Mediterranean island .

Hamlet
Photo: Roton Piotr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Rousolakos.

Rousolakos

Latitude
35.19513° or 35° 11′ 43″ north
Longitude
26.27549° or 26° 16′ 32″ east
Open location code
8G7857WG+35
Open­Street­Map ID
way 35535089
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q3443476
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Rousolakos” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Русолакос”
  • Catalan: “Rusólakos”
  • Dutch: “Roussolakkos”
  • Finnish: “Rousolákos”
  • French: “Roussolakkos”
  • German: “Roussolakkos”
  • Greek: “Παλαίκαστρο”
  • Greek: “Ρουσόλακκος”
  • Greek: “Ρουσσολακο”
  • Latin: “Palaeocastrum (urbs Minoa)”
  • Latin: “Palaeocastrum”
  • Latin: “Rusolaccus”
  • Portuguese: “Roussolakkos”
  • Portuguese: “Russólacos”
  • Spanish: “Rusólakos”
  • Turkish: “Palaeocastrum”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chiona Beach and Palaikastro of Sitia.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rousolakos”. Photo: EinarB, CC BY-SA 3.0.