Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia
Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia is a church in Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete. Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia is situated nearby to the church Ι.Ν. Παναγίας Φερμαλίνας, as well as near Folklore Museum Of Neapolis.Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: church building in Neapoli, Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Cathedral of the Holy Virgin”, “Church Megali Panagia of Neapoli”, and “Megali Panagia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dreros and Kremasta Monastery.
Dreros
Archaeological site
Dreros, also Driros, near Neapoli in the regional unit of Lasithi, Crete, is a post-Minoan archaeological site, 16 km northwest of Agios Nikolaos. Known only by a chance remark of the 9th-century Byzantine grammarian Theognostus, archaeology of the site shows Dreros to have been initially colonised by mainland Greeks in the early Archaic Period about the same time as Lato and Prinias. Dreros is situated 1½ km east of Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia.
Kremasta Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Liubomir G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kremasta Monastery is situated 1½ km south of Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neapoli and Limnes.
Neapoli
Town
Photo: Nikos massios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neapoli is a small town and a former municipality in Lasithi, eastern Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been treated as a municipal unit of Agios Nikolaos.
Limnes
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Limnes is a traditional Cretan small village in Lasithi, Crete, Greece, located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos. It is surrounded by olive trees and mountains. Limnes is situated 3 km east of Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia.
Vrachasi
Village
Vrachasi is a village and a former municipality in the Lasithi regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 63.41 km2. Vrachasi is situated 4½ km northwest of Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia.
Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia
- Categories: cathedral, Eastern Orthodox cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.25678° or 35° 15′ 24″ northLongitude
25.60797° or 25° 36′ 29″ eastOpen location code
8G777J45+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 371780986OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q17624269
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Italian—“Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Neitsyt Marian kuolonuneen nukkumisen katedraali (Neápoli)”
- Finnish: “Neitsyt Marian kuolonuneen nukkumisen katedraali”
- Greek: “Μητροπολιτικός Ναός Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου”
- Greek: “Μητροπολιτικός Ναός Μεγάλης Παναγίας”
- Italian: “cattedrale della Santa Vergine”
- Italian: “Cattedrale della Santa Vergine”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ι.Ν. Παναγίας Φερμαλίνας and Folklore Museum Of Neapolis.
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