Koumasa
Koumasa is a Minoan archaeological site in southern Crete, best known for its large prepalatial cemetery. It is located between the villages of Loukia and Koumasa, at the southern edge of the Mesara Plain and near the foothills of the Asterousia Mountains.Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Gortyn Municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Koumasa necropolis”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fournofarago and Vasiliki.
Stavies
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stavies is a small village in the southern part of Crete, Greece. This village is built at a height of 240 m above sea-level, on the south edge of the valley of Messara and is mentioned in the Archives of Chandax in 1370. Stavies is situated 3 km northeast of Koumasa.
Koumasa
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Gortyna, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
34.9833° or 34° 58′ 60″ northLongitude
25.01302° or 25° 0′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8G67X2M7+86OpenStreetMap ID
way 428196793OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q3199288
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