Gramvousa Peninsula (Greek: Χερσόνησος Γραμβούσας, romanized: Chersonesos Gramvousas) is a peninsula at the northwestern end of the island of Crete, Greece...
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of a peninsula also known Gramvousa Peninsula (Greek: Χερσόνησος Γραμβούσας) in north-western Crete in the regional unit of Chania. The Gramvousa Peninsula...
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heads" of Crete. From west to east, they are: Gramvousa peninsula (with a peak of 762 m), Rodopos peninsula, also known as Spatha (with a peak of 749 m)...
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number of peninsulas and gulfs on the north side of Crete, from west to east these include: Gramvousa peninsula, gulf of Kissamos, Rodopos peninsula, gulf...
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Kissamos includes the Gramvousa peninsula (Chernisos Gramvousas Χερσόνησος Γραμβούσας) in the northwest and the adjacent Gramvousa islets, as well as the...
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Corycus (Pamphylia), a city in Pamphylia Gramvousa island off Crete, anciently known as Corycus Gramvousa Peninsula on Crete, anciently known as Corycus This...
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important in the Mediterranean basin.[citation needed] Spinalonga, along with Gramvousa and Souda, remained in Venetian hands after the rest of Crete fell to...
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Geomitridae. This species is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in the Gramvousa Peninsula in north-western Crete. List of non-marine molluscs of Greece Triantis...
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was the official name the Republic of Venice gave to the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece (which was more widely known as the Morea until the...
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westernmost island in the Northern Sporades archipelago, east of the Pelion peninsula in Magnesia on the mainland, and west of the island of Skopelos. The island...
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so-called "Gramvousa period"). On 9 August 1825, led by Dimitrios Kallergis and Emmanouil Antoniadis, this group of Cretans captured the fort at Gramvousa and...
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1210–1646 Sitia (Sitia), ca. 1210–1651 Heraklion (Candia), ca. 1210–1669 Gramvousa (Grabusa), ca. 1210–1691 Souda Islet (Suda) and Spinalonga Island (Spinalonga)...
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(Gramvoussa) Agria Gramvousa, 35°38′32″N 23°35′12″E / 35.64227°N 23.58667°E / 35.64227; 23.58667 (Agria Gramousa) Imeri Gramvousa, 35°36′40″N 23°34′44″E...
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Its area is 26.8 km2 (10 sq mi). It is situated between the Karaburun Peninsula, Turkey in the west, and the district of Foça in the east. Stretching...
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Filiki Eteria, Armatoloi, Spinalonga, Greek Civil Wars of 1824–1825, Gramvousa, Klepht, Aegean Anti-Piracy Operation. General Books. ISBN 978-1156773772...
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Expeditionary Force, prior to and during the invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula. A field hospital, airfield and administrative and stores buildings were...
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square kilometres (42 sq mi). Moreover, on the north side there is a peninsula which stretches in a northwest direction. Kalymnos is mostly mountainous...
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unit Lasithi, eastern Crete. It is located approximately 850 meters east of the Spinalonga peninsula and forms a bay with it. List of islands of Greece...
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Ottomans, the town of Koroni (pop. 1,193 in 2021) sits on the southwest peninsula of the Peloponnese on the Gulf of Messinia in southern Greece, 56 km (35 mi)...
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Sideros (Greek: Σίδερος), is the outermost of a chain of two island-like peninsulas forming, with Itanos promontory, Cape Sidero. They are all three the summits...
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of the island; in classical times it was to the east, on the Kamatero Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Salamis; in modern times it is on the west....
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all of Crete, except Candia and a few strongholds like the island of Gramvousa, was in Ottoman hands. The siege began in May 1648. The Ottomans spent...
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longest axis is in the NW direction, from the Karatza cape to the Achlades Peninsula and is 17.5 km (10.9 mi) long, while the longest axis, in the AD direction...
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comprise the Northern Sporades island group, which lies east of the Pelion peninsula on the mainland and north of the island of Euboea. It is part of the Thessaly...
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mountainous terrain. Its nearest land neighbors are the Datça and Bozburun peninsulas of Muğla Province in Turkey. Its interior is characterised by small valleys...
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Kavala. It is of generally round shape, without deep bays or significant peninsulas. The terrain is mountainous but not particularly rugged, rising gradually...
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from the Strymonian Gulf east to the northernmost part of the Gallipoli peninsula and the width from north to south is about 40.25°N to 41°N, or from the...
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Venetian outposts and Monemvasia and the Mani Peninsula, were the only Christian-held areas in the peninsula. Venetian control over Navarino survived the...
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flourished as the most important city on the eastern coast of the Malea peninsula. Pausanias visited Epidaurus Limera and said that opposite the city there...
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Kyriamadi (category Peninsulas of Greece)
(Greek: Κυριαμάδι) has a double sense. Geographically it is the middle peninsula of Cape Sideros in the municipality of Sitia, in the northeast of Crete...
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