Church of Panagia Vigliotissa
Church of Panagia Vigliotissa is a church in Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete. Church of Panagia Vigliotissa is situated nearby to the church ΙΕΡΟΣ ΝΑΟΣ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ, as well as near Αφέντης Χριστός.Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: church building in Crete
- Also known as: “Panagia Vigliotissa”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia and Dreros.
Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia
Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia is situated 1½ km east of Church of Panagia Vigliotissa.
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 3 km east of Church of Panagia Vigliotissa.
Kremasta Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Liubomir G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kremasta Monastery is situated 2 km southeast of Church of Panagia Vigliotissa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neapoli and Vrachasi.
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.
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 3 km northwest of Church of Panagia Vigliotissa.
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 4½ km east of Church of Panagia Vigliotissa.
Church of Panagia Vigliotissa
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.2562° or 35° 15′ 22″ northLongitude
25.59095° or 25° 35′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8G777H4R+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 890157056OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q134378495
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In Other Languages
From German to Greek—“Church of Panagia Vigliotissa” goes by many names.
- German: “Vigli”
- Greek: “Παναγία Βιγλιώτισσα”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ΙΕΡΟΣ ΝΑΟΣ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ and Αφέντης Χριστός.
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