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Apeiranthos
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Apeiranthos or Aperathos ( or ; local dialect: , ) is a mountainous village on the island of Naxos in Greece. It is located north-east of the capital of the island, built on the foothill of mountain Fanari, on an altitude between 650 and 700 m. The similarities of the local dialect and traditions to those of mountainous Cretan villages has led some historians to the conclusion that Apeiranthos was built by Cretans during the 10th century. The first historical evidence regarding the existence of the village goes back to 1420, on a reference by the Italian traveler Cristoforo Buondelmonti on his
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Place details
- Locality
- Απέραθος
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 773
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greece place.name
- Apeiranthos
- Greece place.name_local
- Απείρανθος
- Greece place.type
- community
- Greece place.image_skyline
- Apiranthos.jpg
- Greece place.caption_skyline
- Panoramic view of Apeiranthos from the East
- Greece place.periph
- South Aegean
- Greece place.periphunit
- Naxos
- Greece place.municipality
- Drymalia
- Greece place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greece place.population
- 773
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Απέραθος
- Population
- 1818
- Elevation
- 600
- Image
- Apiranthos.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2285
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- Commons category
- Apeiranthos
- native label
- Απέραθος
- postal code
- 843 00
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- Notable people
- Natural History Museum
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Apeiranthos or Aperathos ( or ; local dialect: , ) is a mountainous village on the island of Naxos in Greece. It is located north-east of the capital of the island, built on the foothill of mountain Fanari, on an altitude between 650 and 700 m. The similarities of the local dialect and traditions to those of mountainous Cretan villages has led some historians to the conclusion that Apeiranthos was built by Cretans during the 10th century. The first historical evidence regarding the existence of the village goes back to 1420, on a reference by the Italian traveler Cristoforo Buondelmonti on his book Liber insularum archipelagi (The Book of the Islands of the Archipelago).
The village has four museums: the Archaeological Museum of Apeiranthos, the Museum of Folk Art, the Geological Museum, and the Museum of Natural History. With a population of 722 (2011 census), the village is the second largest on the island after Filoti.
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