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Zakros

Zakros is a city in . It is one of six Minoan Palatial Centres to be listed as a world heritage site.
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  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—6:45 PM
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Minoan archaeological site in Eastern Crete, Greece
  • Also known as: “Apano Zakro”, “Epáno Zákros”, “Minoan Palace of Kato Zakro”, “Minoan Palace of Zakros”, and “Zakro”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zakros.

Village
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Zakros.

Zakros

Latitude
35.0979° or 35° 5′ 53″ north
Longitude
26.2609° or 26° 15′ 39″ east
Elevation
246 metres (807 feet)
Open location code
8G7837X6+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 166271399
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
251274
Wiki­data ID
Q60218
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Zakros” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “زاكروس”
  • Armenian: “Զակրոս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zakros”
  • Bulgarian: “Като Закрос”
  • Catalan: “Kato Zakro”
  • Catalan: “Zakros”
  • Chinese: “扎克羅斯”
  • Chinese: “萨克罗”
  • Chinese: “薩克羅”
  • Czech: “Kató Zakros”
  • Dutch: “Zakros”
  • Esperanto: “Zakro”
  • Finnish: “Káto Zákros”
  • Finnish: “Zákros”
  • French: “Kato Zakros”
  • French: “Zakros”
  • German: “Káto Zákros”
  • German: “Minoischer Palast von Kato Zakros”
  • German: “Palast von Zakros”
  • Greek: “ανάκτορο της Ζάκρου”
  • Greek: “Ζάκρος”
  • Greek: “Κάτω Ζάκρος”
  • Hebrew: “זקרוס”
  • Hungarian: “Zakró”
  • Hungarian: “Zakros”
  • Italian: “Kato Zakros”
  • Italian: “Zakros”
  • Japanese: “ザクロス”
  • Latin: “Zacrus (urbs Minoa)”
  • Latin: “Zacrus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kato Zakros”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zakros”
  • Norwegian: “Zakros”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Zakros”
  • Persian: “زاکرس”
  • Polish: “Kato Zakro”
  • Polish: “Kato Zakros”
  • Polish: “Káto Zákros”
  • Polish: “Pałac minojski w Zakros”
  • Polish: “Zakros”
  • Portuguese: “Cato Zacro”
  • Portuguese: “Kato Zakros”
  • Portuguese: “Zacro”
  • Portuguese: “Zakros”
  • Russian: “Закрос”
  • Russian: “Като Закрос”
  • Slovak: “Kato Zakros”
  • Slovenian: “Zakros”
  • Spanish: “Kato Zakro”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Zakros”
  • Spanish: “Palacio minoico de Zakros”
  • Spanish: “Zacros”
  • Spanish: “Zakro”
  • Spanish: “Zakros”
  • Spanish: “Zákros”
  • Spanish: “Ζάκρος”
  • Tatar: “Закрос археологик аланы”
  • Turkish: “Zakros”
  • Ukrainian: “Закрос”
  • Ukrainian: “Като-Закро”
  • Ukrainian: “Като-Закрос”
  • Urdu: “زاکروس”
  • Uzbek: “Zakros”
  • Western Armenian: “Զաքրոս”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Zakros”. Photo: Sarah Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.