Kremasta Monastery

Kremasta Monastery is a monastery in , , . Kremasta Monastery is situated nearby to , as well as near .
Photo: Liubomir G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: monastery in Agios Nikolaos Municipality, Greece
  • Also known as: “Kremaston Monastery”
  • Address: Βρυσσες

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dreros and Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia.

Archaeological site
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, also Driros, near in the regional unit of , , is a post-Minoan archaeological site, 16 km northwest of . Known only by a chance remark of the 9th-century Byzantine grammarian Theognostus, archaeology of the site shows to have been initially colonised by mainland Greeks in the early Archaic Period about the same time as and . is situated 2 km northeast of Kremasta Monastery.

Church
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is situated 1½ km north of Kremasta Monastery.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2 km northwest of Kremasta Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neapoli and Limnes.

Town
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is a small town and a former municipality in , eastern , . Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been treated as a municipal unit of Agios Nikolaos.

Village
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is a traditional Cretan small village in , , , located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos. It is surrounded by olive trees and mountains. is situated 2½ km east of Kremasta Monastery.

Village
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 5 km east of Kremasta Monastery.

Kremasta Monastery

Latitude
35.24381° or 35° 14′ 38″ north
Longitude
25.6089° or 25° 36′ 32″ east
Open location code
8G776JV5+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 442638409
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denomination=­greek_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q108765992
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Kremasta Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Kremastaklooster”
  • French: “monastère de Kremasta”
  • French: “Monastère Kremasta”
  • French: “monastère Kremaston”
  • Greek: “Μονή Κρεμαστών”
  • Greek: “Μονή των Ταξιαρχών Μιχαήλ και Γαβριήλ Κρεμαστών”
  • Italian: “Monastero Kremasta”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Кремаста”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Кремастон”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Archangels church and Kremasta.

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