Place:Akrotiri, Chania, Kríti, Greece

Watchers
  • no watchers
NameAkrotiri
TypeMunicipality
Located inChania, Kríti, Greece
Also located inKykladon, South Aegean, Greece    
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Akrotiri (literally "") is a peninsula and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . Its ancient name was Kiamon while the Byzantines called it Charaka. The largest town in the peninsula is Kounoupidiana. The beach at Stavros became famous because of the film Zorba the Greek.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Akrotiri (Crete). The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Akrotiri%2C_Chania%2C_Kr%C3%ADti%2C_Greece"