Kamilari
Sign in to saveKamilari () is a village on the island of Crete, Greece. There is an archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery nearby, the Kamilari Minoan Tholos tomb and a Roman graveyard at the slopes of the Ovgora hill.
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Τυμπακίου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 795
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Kamilari () is a village on the island of Crete, Greece. There is an archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery nearby, the Kamilari Minoan Tholos tomb and a Roman graveyard at the slopes of the Ovgora hill.
The origin of the name "Kamilari" is Byzantine. It is derived from the word kamilaris or '‘Καμηλάρης’' meaning "the one who rides a camel"
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kamilari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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