Agios Nikolaos (Crete)
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Agios Nikolaos Άγιος Νικόλαος |
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| Country |
 Greece
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| region | Crete | ||
| Regional district | Lasithi | ||
| local community | Agios Nikolaos | ||
| Geographic coordinates | 35 ° 11 ' N , 25 ° 43' E | ||
| Height above d. M. |
87 m |
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| Residents | 11421 (2011) | ||
Agios Nikolaos , Greek Άγιος Νικόλαος ( m. Sg. ), Is a city in the eastern part of Crete and the capital of the municipality of the same name . Agios Nikolaos is an important tourist destination and has 11,421 inhabitants, as a town with neighboring settlements 12,638 inhabitants.
The name of the city goes back to the church of Agios Nikolaos (German " St. Nikolaus "), which dates back to the tenth or eleventh century and is one of the oldest still intact churches in Crete. The church is located on a peninsula northeast of the city on a site that is now part of a luxury hotel .
geography
Agios Nikolaos is located in the east of Crete, on the west bank of the Gulf of Mirabello . In the center of the village is the Voulismeni lake , which is connected to the sea and around which numerous taverns and bars have settled. The place also has a sizable port and marina.
history
Agios Nikolaos is located on the site of the ancient settlement of Lato pros Kamara , the port of Lato .
Attractions
One of the main attractions in Agios Nikolaos is the Archaeological Museum, which was built in 1970 to house the finds from Eastern Crete that were previously housed in Heraklion . The museum is closed until at least 2018. There is also a folklore museum at the tourist information building, which tells about the life of the Greeks in history. A few kilometers north of the city is the Spinalonga peninsula, connected to the mainland by a dam, and the island fortress of the same name . Until the middle of the 20th century, the island was a leprosy station and the last leper colony in Europe. The Byzantine church of Agios Nikolaos, which gives the place its name, stands in the north of Agios Nikolaos on a promontory. The offshore island of Agii Pandes serves as a reserve for the Cretan wild goat and is not accessible.
Personalities
- Maria Belimbasaki (* 1991), track and field athlete
Web links
- Agios Nikolaos . In: kreta-reise.guru
- Agios Nikolaos . In: griechenlandreise.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
- ^ Klaus Gallas et al .: Byzantine Crete . Hirmer, Munich 1983, p. 422ff.
- ^ Agios Nikolaos. Crete travel guru, accessed September 7, 2017 .