Heraklion
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Elias Kolovos, Rune Rattenborg
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 07, 2023 02:54 PM
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History
Heraklion was the harbor city of ancient Knossos, and was later re-founded by the Arab conquerors.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/589802
35.3375376667, 25.1332724333
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ηράκλειο (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- centerpoint of modern Heraklion (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Less than certain: CIGS location of Irákleio (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Candia (Italian, AD 1200 - AD 1450)
- Ἡράκλειον (Herakleion: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- قندیه (Kandiye: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1923)
- ربض الخندق (Rabḍ al-Ḫandaq: Arabic, AD 850 - AD 1200)
- Heraklion connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Iuktas connection Heraklion (unspecified date range)
settlement, port, settlement-modern, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 D2 Herakleion
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Irakleion
J. Bennet, G. Reger, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Elias Kolovos, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Heraklion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/589802> [accessed: 24 April 2025]
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