Gortyn Municipality

Also known as Municipality of Gortyna

Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna (, , or , ) is a municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean island of Crete away from the island's capital, Heraklion. The seat of the municipality is the village Agioi Deka. Gortyn was the Roman capital of Creta et Cyrenaica. The area was first inhabited around 7000 BC.

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Gortyn
Greek Dimos.type: municipality
Greek Dimos.image_map: 2011 Dimos Gortynas.png
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: Gortys R02.jpg
Greek Dimos.periph: Crete
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Heraklion
Greek Dimos.pop_municipality: 14167
Greek Dimos.area_municipality: 464.8
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 4137
Greek Dimos.area_municunit: 158.3
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.seat: Agioi Deka

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of Greece
Country: Greece
Located in: Heraklion Regional Unit
Population: 19148
Shares border with: Anogeia Municipality
Headquarters: Agioi Deka
Official website: gortyna.gov.gr
Image: Gortys R02.jpg

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described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
different from: Gortynia Municipality
Commons category: Gortyna

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections

Contents

Municipality
Geography
Climate
History
Archaeology
Monuments
Law code
Myth of Europa and Zeus
''The Odyssey''
Notable people
References
Further reading
External links

It is located in the valley of Messara in the south of the Psiloritis mountain, in the current position of the settlements of Metropolis and Agioi Deka, and near the Libyan Sea.

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