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Pitharion Destination Guide

Discover Pitharion in Greece

Pitharion in the region of Crete with its 1,302 habitants is a town located in Greece - some 171 mi or ( 276 km ) South of Athens , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Pitharion

Local time in Pitharion is now 12:57 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Athens " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Tobruk, Vamos, Skiadhi, Rethymno, and Perivolia. When in this area, you might want to check out Tobruk . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Pitharion ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

UK Visa Requirement - A1 Level Speaking Exam

4:43 min by CrazyAboutEnglish
Views: 17296 Rating: 4.43

To help you know how ready you are to take the A1 Level Speaking Exam in English so you can move to the UK with your partner, watch this video clip and answer these questions. Continue this lesson for ..

earth hour chania crete greece 2009

5:09 min by Christos Sotiropoulos
Views: 2395 Rating: 4.25

This is a small documentary of Earth Hour in Chania, Crete Greece. The Crete Astronomy Friends Club recorded the event using a Sony videocamera using two modes. The first using the CMOS of the video c ..


Metaform - Electric Eyes (The Thermoshredders Remix)

4:37 min by fteogr
Views: 2171 Rating: 4.64

Free Download link: bit.ly official blog: thethermoshredders.blogspot.com twitter www.twitter.com This is our entry for the Electric Eyes remix contest. It was initially created as a groovy slow-tempo ..

red arrows in chania - maxi tis kritis

3:18 min by vickyxania
Views: 1500 Rating: 5.00

red arrows to chania 23/5/09 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Chania

Chania is the second largest city of Crete and the capital of the Chania regional unit. It lies along the north coast of the island, about 70 km west of Rethymno and 145 km west of Heraklion. The official population of the municipal unit (the former municipality) is 53,910, while the municipality has 108,642 (2011) inhabitants. This consists of the city of Chania and several other towns and villages, including Kounoupidiana (pop. 8,620), Mournies (pop. 7,614), Souda (pop.

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Located at 35.52 24.06 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Capitals of former nations, Chania, Greek prefectural capitals, Minoan sites in Crete, Municipalities of Crete, Populated coastal places in Greece

War Museum of Chania

War Museum of Chania is a museum in Chania, Crete, Greece, annex of the War Museum of Athens. It was founded on July 1995. The museum exhibits photographs, war artifacts and other items from the national wars and revolutions of the Greek History. It is housed in a building, built in 1870 and designed by the Italian architect Makouzo, which in the past has been used as barracks by the Italian Army during World War II.

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Located at 35.51 24.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Chania, Military and war museums in Greece, Museums established in 1975, Museums in Crete

Malaxa, Crete

Malaxa is a village in the Chania regional unit on Crete in Greece. The 2001 census counted a population of 178 people in the village. In ancient times the Malaxa area was under the sphere of influence of the nearby powerful city of Kydonia. Malaxa lies on the feet of the Lefka Ori, and is separated from the large city of Chania by the Chania Plain.

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Located at 35.47 24.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Populated places in Chania (regional unit)

Kydonia

Cydonia or Kydonia (Greek Κυδωνία, "quince") was an important ancient city-state on the northwest coast of the island of Crete. It is at the site of the modern-day Greek city of Chania. In legend Cydonia was founded by King Cydon, a son of Hermes and of Akakallis, the daughter of King Minos. Cydonians are mentioned in book 12 of the Aeneid, where their excellent bow skills are used in an extended Virgilian simile describing the Fury's descent to Juturna.

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Located at 35.52 24.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Chania (regional unit), Cretan city-states, Former populated places in Greece, History of Crete

Kastelli Hill

Kastelli Hill is a landform at the city of Chania on the island of Crete in the present day country of Greece. The Minoan city of ancient Cydonia was centered around Kastelli Hill, which later was selected by the Romans as the site of an acropolis.

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Located at 35.52 24.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Geography of Crete

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Pitharion