Heraklion

settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD

Heraklion was the harbor city of ancient Knossos, and was later re-founded by the Arab conquerors.

Coordinates

35.33754, 25.13327

Also known as

Candia (ita), Candia (it), Candia (it), Candie, Candía (spa), Càndia (cat), Heraclión (spa), Herakleion (deu), Herakleion (grc), Iráclio (por), Kandiye (ota), Megalokastron, Rabḍ al-Ḫandaq (ar), Ηράκλειο Κρήτης (ell), Μεγάλο Κάστρο (ell), ربض الخندق (ar), قندیه (ota), Ἡράκλειον (grc), Ἡρακλεία (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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